1/37Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra celebrate after winning the gold medal in the Men's Individual B Pursuit at the 2012 Paralympics games. Picture: AP Photo/Alastair Grant
Gallery: SA sporting legend Kieran Modra
South Australia has lost one of its greatest athletes in tragic circumstances. Cyclist and swimmer Kieran Modra won medals at the Paralympics, Commonwealth Games and Para-cycling Track World Championships.
2/37Kieran and Kerry Modra with their gold medals from the 1998 Paralympic World Cycling Championships.
3/37Kieran Modra with his 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medal.
4/37Kieran Modra AO and Scott McPhee after receiving Australia Day honours in 2014. Picture: Stephen Laffe.
5/37Kieran Modra, Australian Paralympic Committee Board Member Nick Dean and Scott McPhee. Picture: Stephen Laffer
6/37Australian Kieran Modra and his pilot Tyson Lawrence compete at the Men's gold medal 4000m Individual Pursuit at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008 They won gold and broke the world record at 4 minutes 18.961. Picture: AP Photo/Andy Wong
7/37Kieran Modra and his pilot Tyson Lawrence show their gold medals after the award presentation ceremony of the 4000m Individual Pursuit at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing. Picture: AP Photo/Andy Wong
8/37Amy's Ride SA charity cycling event ambassadors Kieran Modra, Annette Edmondson and Alex Edmondson.
9/37Kerry and Kieran Modra.
10/37Kieran Modra with Pixi Johnson at her Junktion Recycle store in Sturt.
11/37Kieran Modra and Felicity Johnson at South Australian School for Vision in Park Holme with students Holly, 11, Jordy, 8, Alana, 9, and Antony, 6.
12/37Libby Kosmala followed by Kieran Modra and Scott McPhee at a Civic Reception for London 2012 Paralympic Games athletes at the Adelaide Town Hall.
13/37Kieran Modra meets Adelaide Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood and Premier Jay Weatherill.
14/37Kieran Modra and training partner Mike Hoile. Picture: Nat Thompson
15/37Kieran Modra and Scott McPhee, 19, before the Para-Cycling World Championships in Italy in 2016.
16/37Kieran Modra with partner Scott McPhee after winning gold in Italy.
17/37Kieran Modra with Scott McPhee.
18/37Kieran Modra and Andrew Panazzolo.
19/37Kieran Modra and pilot Scott McPhee training for London 2012 Paralympic Games at Adelaide Super-Drome.
20/37Kieran Modra before the London Paralympics.
21/37Kieran Modra and Scott McPhee before the London Paralympics.
22/37Kieran Modra and Scott McPhee.
23/37Kieran Modra.
24/37London Paralympics cyclists Felicity Johnson, Stephanie Morton, Jayme Richardson-Paris, Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra.
25/37Kieran Modra at Hanson Reserve.
26/37Kieran Modra and pilot Robert Crowe compete during tandem 4km individual pursuit at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.
27/37Kieran Modra and his pilot Robert Crowe after winning Australia's first gold medal of the Athens Paralympics. Picture: Jordan Baker/AAP Image
28/37Kieran and Kerry Modra after announcing that Kerry was pregnant.
29/37Kieran Modra on a tandem bicycle with wife Kerry.
30/37Kieran Modra with wife-to-be Kerry Golding.
31/37Kieran and Kerry Modra after their wedding.
32/37Kieran Modra with his pilot Mike Hoile take a break from training at Edwardstown Oval Velodrome. Picture: Roger Wyman
33/37Italian cyclist Serenella Bortolotto overtaking Kerry and Kieran Modra in the mixed tandem sprint race at Paralympic Games in Sydney, on October 23, 2000.
34/37Kieran and Kerry Modra with track coach Kevin McIntosh during the Sydney 2000 Paralympic. Picture: Michael Klein.
35/37Kieran Modra comforts his injured girlfriend Kerry Golding after their race at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.
36/37Kieran Modra on a tandem bicycle with wife Kerry.
37/37Kieran Modra with teammate and future wife Kerry during practice at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta.
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