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.
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.