Kieran ModraKieran 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 Comonwealth Games.

Modra was born in the South Australian town of Port Lincoln on 27 March 1972 as the third of four children, and became visually impaired due to congenital juvenile optic atrophy. He grew up on a farm in Greenpatch, about 20 kilometres north of Port Lincoln, and attended high school at Immanuel College. Read More Read Less