Triathletes Katie Kelly, Michellie Jones snare top awards for golden moment in Rio

IT was some of the most memorable moments of last years Paralympics and it has earned Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones top honours at their sports awards.

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IT was some of the most memorable moments of last years Paralympics and it has earned Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones top honours at their sports awards.

While ironman Tim Reed took out the Male Performer of the Year award at the Triathlon Australia celebration, Kelly has claimed the top award for female triathletes.

Kelly, who is vision and hearing-impaired, created history as Australia’s first ever Paralympic gold medallist in Rio last year.

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Katie Kelly with guide Michellie Jones and their gold medal won in Rio.

With Jones, Australia’s first elite triathlon medallist with her silver at the Sydney Olympics back in 2000, by her side, the pair raced to the only medal won by Para or elite triathletes in Rio last year.

Kelly only started the sport in 2015 when declared legally blind due to a degenerative condition affecting both her hearing and vision.

Reed was named best Male Performer for his outstanding win at the 70.3 world championship in Mooloolaba and also took out the Athlete’s Athlete of the Year Award.

Rio gold medallist and paratriathlete Katie Kelly with guide Michellie Jones (front).

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Other award winners included Charlotte McShane who took out the Emerging Athlete Award, and Justin Godfrey, honoured for winning the World Cross Tri titles, Jamie Turner who was named Coach of the Year and Mark Pringle, Carol Pickard, Ken Uren and Mick Maroney who were all named legends of the sport. Geoff Frost and Graham Hannan claimed Services to the Sport Awards.