Australian Paralympic athlete
Action shot of Ault-Connell (shown centre, in Australian green and gold) during track competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Kieran John Ault-Connell, OAM[1] (born 30 July 1981)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Melbourne, and has cerebral palsy.[2][3] He took up athletics after watching the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.[3] At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, he won two bronze medals in javelin and long jump.[2] He won two gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4x100 m relay T38 and the 4x400 m relay T38 events,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In the process, he set two world records.[5] At the 2004 Athens Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Javelin F37 event.[4]
He was previously married to Australian Paralympic athlete Eliza Ault-Connell and they have two daughters and a son.[6][7]
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