Kieran Modra

Kieran John Modra AM (27 March 1972 – 13 November 2019) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Kieran Modra

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Modra
Personal information
Full name	Kieran John Modra
Born	(1972-03-27)27 March 1972 Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
Died	13 November 2019(2019-11-13) (aged 47) Kingsford, South Australia, Australia
Sport
Sport	Athletics, swimming, cycling
Medal record Men's swimming Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona Men's 100 m Backstroke B3 1992 Barcelona Men's 200 m Backstroke B3 Men's cycling Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open 2004 Athens Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1–3 2004 Athens Men's Sprint Tandem B1–3 2008 Beijing Men's Individual Pursuit B&VI 1–3 2012 London Men's Individual pursuit B 2004 Athens Men's Road Race / Time Trial Tandem B1–3 2008 Beijing Men's 1km time trial B&VI 1–3 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road time trial B UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Sprint B 1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Time Trial B 1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Individual Pursuit B 2002 Altenstadt Mixed Tandem Sprint 2002 Altenstadt Mixed Tandem 1km Time Trial 2011 Montichiari Men's Tandem 4 km Pursuit B 2014 Aguascalientes Men's Tandem 1km Time Trial B 2014 Aguascalientes Men's Tandem Sprint B 2016 Montichiari Men's Tandem 4 km Pursuit B Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Men's Tandem 1  km Time Trial B 2014 Glasgow Men's Tandem Sprint B

Modra died after his bike crashed with a car on the Sturt Highway in Kingsford on 13 November 2019.