 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||
| Born | 22 December 1986 | |||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||
| Sport | ||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||
| Club | Nepean Rowing Club | |||||
Medal record
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Kathleen Murdoch (born 22 December 1986) [1] is an Australian Paralympic rower. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [2]
Murdoch has cone rod dystrophy, which causes sight to deteriorate slowly over time. [3] She was declared legally blind at the age of 16 and uses a guide dog. She is required to wear blacked out goggles in some rowing competitions. [3] She started rowing around mid-late 2010 after encouragement from her father who rowed for Ireland. [3] In 2016, she is employed by Western Sydney Local Health District as a Disability Employment Consultant. [4]
Murdch's results at the National Championships have been:
She made her World Rowing Championships debut with Jeremy McGrath, a leg amputee rower at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [5] They won the silver medal in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Double Scull (LTAMix2x). [5] They were coached by Lindsay Callaghan.
She combined with Brock Ingram, Davinia Lefroy, Jeremy McGrath and coxswain Jo Burnand in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four ( LTAMix4+) to win the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in April 2016. [6] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Murdoch was a member of the LTA Mixed Coxed Four that finished first in the LTAMix4+ B Final. [7]
She is currently a member of the Neapean Rowing Club and trains on the Nepean River, Penrith, New South Wales. [3] [8]
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