Robert Colville Crowe, OAM is an Australian Champion Cyclist who competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and as Kieran Modra"s pilot in the 2004 Athens Paralympics.
Career
He also directs the popular indoor cycling engine-training school at Ridewiser in Melbourne, Australia. Highlights of Crowe"s career include dual Australian Road Race Championship wins in the 1991 Australian Men"s Road Race and 1991 Australian Men"s Individual Time Trial, his participation in themen"s team time trial at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and also his participation as an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot. He piloted Kieran Modra in endurance events, most notably at the 2004 Athens Games.
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship-holder training under road cycling coach Heiko Salzwedel during the 2-year training lead-up program in 1991 and 1992 before the Barcelona Olympic Games.
He was also part of the team Giant–Australian Institute of Sport.
Achievements
1989 Inaugural Winner Mountain Buller ABOM Challenge (Amateur)
1990 Defending Winner Mountain Buller ABOM Challenge (Professional)
1991 Selection: Barcelona Target Olympic Road Squad
1991 Winner Amateur International, Ken Marshall Tour of Austria
1991 Australian Men"s Road Race Champion (Gembrook, Victoria)
1991 Australian Men"s Individual Road Time-trial Champion (Bayles Victoria)
1992 Winner "King of The Mountains" jersey, Tour de Taiwan
1992 Barcelona Olympic Cycling Team Time Trial (12th place after a flat tire while seeded second overall)
1993 Winner Darling Harbor Criterium, Commonwealth Bank Classic
1993 2nd Place Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
1993 Victorian Institute of Sport ‘Athlete of the Month’ (subsequently Public Speaker & Athlete Mentor)
1994 Jayco Pro Cycling Team, Aust.
1994 General Classification 10th place overall Herald Sun Tour (2nd place, aggregate Sprint Jersey)
1995 Sportscover Pro Cycling Team, Aust.
1995 Winner 3 x Victorian Road Titles (1991, 1993, 1995)
1996–1998 Completion of bachelor"s degree – Appendix Science Psychophysiology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
1999 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athlete Advisor for Sydney Olympic Games (2000)
2000 Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Anti-Drugs in Sport Speaker & Presenter
2000 Sports Expert Commentator, SKYNEWS television Channel, Sydney Olympic Games
2002 World Masters M1 Criterium Champion (Docklands, Melbourne)
2003 Ridewiser Consultancy – Cycling Education Services (business commenced)
2004 Athens Paralympic Games Gold Medallist (pilot) with Kieran Modra in Men"s Individual Pursuit Tandem B1–3 event
2004 World Record 4000m Tandem Pursuit with Kieran Modra (4mins 21451)
2005 Order of Australia Medal (recognition of contribution to sport) OAM
2006 Street Kilda Cycling Club – Criterium Champion
2009 Street Kilda Cycling Club – Criterium Champion
2010 Southern Masters Cycling Club – Mass Start Champion
2011 Ridewiser Pty Limited (business re-structured as company)
2012 Assigned www.skcc.com.au official Club Pro Training Advisor for road cycling club activities.
Medal of the Order of Australia; Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.