Kathleen Murdoch

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Kathleen Murdoch
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2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1986-12-22) 22 December 1986 (age 36)
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubNepean Rowing Club
Medal record
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Amsterdam Mixed double sculls - LTAMix2x

Kathleen Murdoch (born 22 December 1986) [1] is an Australian Paralympic rower. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [2]

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Personal

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]

Career

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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References

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  2. "Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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