Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Harry Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and crawled the Kokoda Track. He has a congenital disorder called sacral agenesis which prevented fetal development of certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. In Paralympic events he is classified in the T54 classification. He focuses on long and middledistance wheelchair races, and has also won medals in sprint relays. He participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games.

Fearnley was born onMarch 1981 in the New South Wales town of Cowra as the youngest of five children. He was born with sacral agenesis he is missing certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. At the time of his birth, doctors didnt believe he would live longer than a week. He grew up in the small New South Wales town of Carcoar. At school, he took part in all sports including athletics and rugby league. He won his first athletics medal in the high jump. He took up wheelchair racing at the age ofand took it to an elite level at the age of 17. After leaving Blayney High School, he moved to Sydney to train and start a Bachelor of Human Movement degree. He lives in Newcastle and is a teacher. He is 1.4 metres tall and weighs 50 kilograms .

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