Sarnya Parker

Sarnya Parker

File:231000 - Cycling track Tania Modra Sarnya Parker celebrate - 3b - 2000 Sydney candid photo.jpg Parker (shown left) with her cycling partner Tania Modra, ecstatic after winning gold in the 2000 Summer Paralympics Women's Tandem Individual Pursuit Open event
Personal information
Full name	Sarnya Marie Parker
Born	(1975-06-06) June 6, 1975 Loxton, South Australia
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open 2000 Sydney Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open

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Sarnya Parker (right) depicted with her younger sister, Chloe

File:231000 - Cycling track Tania Modra Sarnya Parker Australian flag 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg

Parker waves the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Women's Tandem Individual Pursuit Open after winning gold with cycling partner Tania Modra (pilot)

Sarnya Marie Parker, OAM (born 6 June 1975) is an Australian visually impaired paralympic tandem cyclist. She was born in the South Australian town of Loxton.Before she took up Paralympic tandem cycling, she was a nationally ranked top-ten pentathlete.She won a gold medal in long jump at the 1999 FESPIC Games in Thailand.

Eighteen months before the 2000 Sydney Games, visually impaired Paralympic tandem cyclist Kieran Modra convinced her to switch from athletics to cycling because of the limited opportunities in the former sport for Paralympians.He introduced her to his sister, Tania Modra, despite Modra's lack of competitive cycling experience, and she became Parker's pilot.She won two gold medals for Australia with Modra at the 2000 Sydney Games in the 1 km road race and 3000 m pursuit, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia; the pair broke the world record in both events. In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal. In 2009, a walking trail on the riverfront of Loxton was named after her.