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Kathryn Ross (born 25 June 1981)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kathryn Ross )〕 is an Australian Paralympic rower. Her leg became disfigured after her father accidentally ran over her with a ride-on lawn mower on the family farm in Warrnambool when she was two. Both her right knee and ankle joints are fused together.〔 She took up rowing in 2006 and won the female single category in the national championships in 2007.〔 She was partnered with the winner of the male singles championship, John Maclean,〔 and went on to win silver medals with him at the 2007 Munich World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the TA2x events.〔. Retrieved 28 August 2012.〕 After Maclean's retirement, she partnered with Grant Bailey, winning a bronze medal with him at the 2010 New Zealand World Rowing Championships.〔 When Maclean returned to the sport in 2011, she partnered with him to win a bronze medal at that year's World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia and two gold medals in the 2011 International Adaptive Regatta in Italy.〔 Her partner at the 2012 London Paralympics was Gavin Bellis.〔(London2012 profile )〕 Bellis was slightly faster than Maclean at the Gavirate International Regatta in Italy in April 2012. She did not medal at the 2012 Games.〔 At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea, she partnered with Bellis to win the gold medal in the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x. They were coached by Gordon Marcks. With Bellis, Ross won back to back gold medals by winning the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This victory was ranked #39 in the International Paralympic Committee's list of moments of 2014. Ross and Bellis won their third consecutive Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x title at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France. ==Recognition== *2011 – Sport Achievement Award from the Australian Institute of Sport. *2013 – World Rowing Para-Crew of the Year with her partner Gavin Bellis *2014 – Rowing Australia Female Athlete of the Year 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathryn Ross (rower)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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