Kathleen Murdoch

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Kathleen Murdoch
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Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1986-12-22) 22 December 1986 (age 38)
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Nepean Rowing Club

Kathleen Murdoch (born 22 December 1986)[1] is an Australian adaptive rower.

Personal

Murdoch has cone rod dystrophy, which causes sight to deteriorate slowly over time. [2] 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. [2]She started rowing around mid-late 2010 after encouragement from her father who rowed for Ireland. [2] In 2016, she is employed by Western Sydney Local Health District as a Disability Employment Consultant.[3]

Career

Murdch’s results at the National Championships have been:

  • 2011 - Silver - Women’s LTA 1x [2]
  • 2013 - Silver - Women’s LTA 2x, Gold - Women’s LTA 1x, Gold - Mixed LTA 4+ [2]
  • 2014 - Gold - Women’s LTA 1x, Gold - LTA 2x, Gold - LTA 4+ [2]

She made her World Rowing Championships debut with Jeremy McGrath, a leg amputee rower at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam , Netherlands.[4]They won the silver medal in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Double Scull (LTAMix2x). [4] They were coached by Lindsay Callaghan.

She combined with Brock Ingram,Davina 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.[5]


She is currently a member of the Neapean Rowing Club and trains on the Nepean River, Penrith, New South Wales. [2][6]

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