Lynette Nixon

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Lynette Nixon
Nixon (pilot - shown front) and her cycling partner Lyn Lepore celebrate their gold medal win in the 2000 Summer Paralympics Women's Tandem Open road race
Personal information
Full nameLynette Nixon
NationalityFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Medal record
Cycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's Tandem open
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Women's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open

Lynette ("Lyn") Nixon, OAM[1] is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot. 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,[1] 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, riding with Lyn Lepore. [2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Nixon, Lyn, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. "Athlete Search Results: Australia". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 January 2011.