Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Kathryn Ross (born 25 June 1981) is an Australian Paralympic rower. Her leg became disfigured after her father accidentally ran over her with a ride-on lawn mower on the family farm in Warrnambool when she was two. Both her right knee and ankle joints are fused together.She took up rowing in 2006 and won the female single category in the national championships in 2007. She was partnered with the winner of the male singles championship, John Maclean, and went on to win silver medals with him at the 2007 Munich World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the TA2x events. After Maclean's retirement, she partnered with Grant Bailey, winning a bronze medal with him at the 2010 New Zealand World Rowing Championships. When Maclean returned to the sport in 2011, she partnered with him to win a bronze medal at that year's World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia and two gold medals in the 2011 International Adaptive Regatta in Italy.In 2011, she received a Sport Achievement Award from the Australian Institute of Sport.Her partner at the 2012 London Paralympics was Gavin Bellis. Bellis was slightly faster than Maclean at the Gavirate International Regatta in Italy in April 2012. She did not medal at the 2012 Games.At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea, she partnered with Bellis to win the gold medal in the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x. They were coached by Gordon Marcks. In November 2013, Ross and her partner Gavin Bellis were named 2013 World Rowing Para-Crew of the Year.. }
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- Kathryn_Ross_(rower) abstract "Kathryn Ross (born 25 June 1981) is an Australian Paralympic rower. Her leg became disfigured after her father accidentally ran over her with a ride-on lawn mower on the family farm in Warrnambool when she was two. Both her right knee and ankle joints are fused together.She took up rowing in 2006 and won the female single category in the national championships in 2007. She was partnered with the winner of the male singles championship, John Maclean, and went on to win silver medals with him at the 2007 Munich World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the TA2x events. After Maclean's retirement, she partnered with Grant Bailey, winning a bronze medal with him at the 2010 New Zealand World Rowing Championships. When Maclean returned to the sport in 2011, she partnered with him to win a bronze medal at that year's World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia and two gold medals in the 2011 International Adaptive Regatta in Italy.In 2011, she received a Sport Achievement Award from the Australian Institute of Sport.Her partner at the 2012 London Paralympics was Gavin Bellis. Bellis was slightly faster than Maclean at the Gavirate International Regatta in Italy in April 2012. She did not medal at the 2012 Games.At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea, she partnered with Bellis to win the gold medal in the Mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x. They were coached by Gordon Marcks. In November 2013, Ross and her partner Gavin Bellis were named 2013 World Rowing Para-Crew of the Year.".