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Cycling has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. Australia first competed at the Seoul Games and won its first cycling medals at the Atlanta Games. Australia was the number one ranked nation at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Games.
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Notable Australian athlete performances:
Summer Paralympic Games
Australian cycling team members at the Summer Paralympics
1984
Australia not represented.
1988
Australia represented by:
Men – Gregory Caines
Australia did not win any medals.
1992
Australia represented by:
Men – Ronald Anderson, Paul Clohessy, Craig Elliott, Timothy Harris, Paul Lamond (Pilot), Stephen John Smith, Peter Stotzer Women – Prue-Anne Reynalds
Officials – Ken Norris (Manager), Craig Jarvis, Joanne Sayers, Rod Stubbs (escorts) Australia did not win any medals.
1996
Australia represented by:
Men – Paul Clohessy, Kerry Golding (Pilot), Matthew Gray, Steven Gray (Pilot), Eddie Hollands (Pilot), Peter Homann, Paul Lake, Paul Lamond (Pilot), Gregory Madson, Kieran Modra, Christopher Scott
Women – Lyn Lepore, Teresa Poole, Sandra Smith (Pilot)
Coaches – Kenneth Norris (Head), David Woodhouse
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Australia won 5 gold and 5 silver medals and was the number 1 ranked nation.
2000
Australia represented in cycling by:
Men – Greg Ball, Paul Clohessy, Matthew Gray, Steven Gray (Pilot), Darren Harry (Pilot), Eddie Hollands (Pilot), Peter Homann, Paul Lake, Mark le Flohic, Kieran Modra, David Murray, Paul O'Neill (Pilot), Daniel Polson, Christopher Scott, Noel Sens, Russell Wolfe (Pilot)
Women – Christine Fisher, Lyn Lepore, Kerry Modra (Pilot), Tania Modra (Pilot), Lynette Nixon (Pilot), Sarnya Parker
Coaches – Kevin McIntosh (Head), Darryl Benson, Radek Valenta Officials – Elsa Lepore (Manager), John Beer, Rebecca Tweedy
Australia won 10 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze medals and was ranked the number 1 nation.
2004
Australia represented in cycling:
Men – Greg Ball, Anthony Biddle, Robert Crowe (Pilot), Peter Brooks, Peter Homann, Mark le Flohic, Kieran Modra, Andrew Panazzolo, Christopher Scott, David Short (Pilot), Kial Stewart (Pilot)
Women – Lindy Hou, Lyn Lepore, Janelle Lindsay (Pilot), Kelly McCombie (Pilot), Claire McLean, Jenny MacPherson (Pilot), Toireasa Ryan (Pilot), Janet Shaw
Coaches – Kevin McIntosh (Head), Darryl Benson, Andrew Budge Officials – Elsa Lepore (Manager), John Beer, Paul Lamond
Australia won 10 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals and was the number 1 ranked nation. Leading cyclists were Christopher Scott (3 gold), Greg Ball (2 gold) and Kieran Modra (2 gold).
2008
Representing Australia in cycling:
Men – Greg Ball, Ben Demery, Michael Gallagher, Steven George (Pilot), Shaun Hopkins (Pilot), Tyson Lawrence (Pilot), Bryce Lindores, Michael Milton, Kieran Modra, Christopher Scott
Women – Jane Armstrong, Toireasa Gallagher (Pilot), Lindy Hou, Felicity Johnson, Melissa Leckie, Jayme Paris, Katie Parker (Pilot)
Coaches – James Victor (Head Coach), Tom Skulander, Paul Martens
Officials – Mark Fulcher (Section Manager), Brett Hidson, Anouska Edwards, Alan Downes, Mark Bullen, Stuart Smith, Murray Lydeamore.
Included on the Australian team was Michael Milton, a four-time gold medalist as a skier in the Winter Paralympics. Mark le Flohic, gold medalist at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics, was to take part in the Beijing Games but had to pull out due to injury. Le Flohic broke his collar bone during training one week before the Games were to begin.
Australia won 3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals.
2012
Representing Australia in cycling:
Men – Nigel Barley, Michael Gallagher, Bryce Lindores, Kieran Modra, David Nicholas, Stuart Tripp, Sean Finning (pilot for- Bryce Lindores), Scott McPhee (pilot for- Kieran Modra)
Women –Jessica Gallagher, Carol Cooke, Simone Kennedy, Alexandra Lisney, Sue Powell, Amanda Reid, Madison Janssen (d) (pilot for Jessica Gallagher)
Support staff – Administration – Murray Lydeamore (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Peter Day (Head), Jenni Banks, Paul Martens, Tom Skulander ; Mechanic – Peter Giessauf, Mike Winter ; Physiotherapist – Anouska Edwards, Soft tissue therapist – Alan Downes
Australia won six gold, four silver and four bronze medals. Fourteen out of fifteen cyclists won medals. Pilot Mark Jamieson was replaced in the selected team by Sean Finning.
2016
Representing Australia in cycling:
Men – Kieran Modra, David Nicholas, Stuart Tripp, Kyle Bridgwood (d), Alistair Donohoe (d), Matthew Formston(d), David Edwards (d) (for pilot Kieran Modra), Nick Yallouris (d) (for pilot Matthew Formston)
Women – Jessica Gallagher, Carol Cooke, Simone Kennedy, Alexandra Lisney, Sue Powell, Amanda Reid, Madison Janssen (d) (pilot for Jessica Gallagher) Support staff - Amininstration: Team Leader - Murray Lydeamore, Assistant Team Leader - Berthy May ; Coaches - Peter Day (Head), Thomas Skulander , Nick Formosa Jason Niblett ; Other - Physiotherapist - Eliza Kwan, Mechanics - Michael Winter , Will Dickeson
Australia won 13 medals including three gold. Carol Cooke won two gold and David Nicholas one gold. Michael Gallagher was originally selected but on 2 September 2016 he was withdrawn from the team due to a positive doping test sample.
(d) Paralympic Games debut