Kathleen Murdoch Explained

Kathleen Murdoch
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Sport:Rowing
Club:Nepean Rowing Club
Birth Date:22 December 1986
Height:173 cm
Weight:71kg

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kathleen Murdoch. World Rowing website. 29 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold. Australian Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. 11 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829043447/https://www.paralympic.org.au/australian-paralympic-rowers-to-turn-silver-into-gold/. 29 August 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Kate Murdoch. Balmain to Boston - Head of the Charles Regatta 18–19 October 2014. 29 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Kathleen Murdoch. Rowing Australia Athlete Profiles. 30 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Double gold and silver for Aussie Para-roweers . Australian Paralympic Committee News . 29 August 2014 . 29 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903092614/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/double-gold-and-silver-aussie-para-rowers . 3 September 2014 .
  6. Web site: Australia's LTA Mixed Coxed Four qualify boat for 2016 Rio Paralympic Games . Rowing Australia website . 30 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160502121022/http://www.rowingaustralia.com.au/australias-lta-mixed-coxed-four-qualify-boat-for-2016-rio-paralympic-games/ . 2 May 2016 .
  7. Web site: LTA Mixed Coxed Four - LTAMix4+ - Standings . Rio Paralympics Official site . 13 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161001201425/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/rowing-standings-ro-lta-mixed-coxed-four-ltamix4 . 1 October 2016 .
  8. News: Hasham. Nicole. Nature gives river a cleaner bill of health - for now. 29 August 2014. Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 2012.

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