Lyn Lepore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian visually impaired tandem cyclist
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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Lyn Lepore
- Lynette "Lyn" Lepore, OAM (born 9 October 1961) is a visually impaired Paralympic tandem cyclist from Perth, Western Australia.
- She competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games but did not win any medals at those games. At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's Tandem open event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, a silver medal in the Women's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open event and a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit Open event, with her pilot Lynette Nixon.
- In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.Lepore appealed against Kieran Modra's placement in the Australian Paralympic cycling team at the 2004 Athens Games, in a case that was successful at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- Leading up to the games, Modra was piloted by David Short and Robert Crowe for sprint and endurance events, respectively.
- The appeal was on the grounds that Lepore deserved her place in the team because when each of Modra's pilot–rider combinations was counted separately, she had a higher rank than Modra.
- The day before the opening ceremony, the Australian Paralympic Committee successfully appealed to the International Paralympic Committee to give Modra an extra place in the team.
- Lepore did not win any medals at the 2004 games.
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