page_title: Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
section_title: Cycling
hierarchical_section_title: Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics / Events / Cycling
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian cyclist Paul Lake won a silver medal in the LC1 omnium event on the track at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
context_page_description: The 1996 Summer Paralympics were held in the United States city of Atlanta. Australia competed in 13 of the 17 sports, winning medals in 10 of those sports.
  At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Australia had the second highest medal tally of any country competing. It won 42 gold, 37 silver and 27 bronze medals. It surpassed the 24 gold medals that Australia won at the 1992 Paralympics. The sports of athletics, swimming and cycling provided Australia with the majority of its medals.
context_section_description: Australia represented by: 
  Men  – Paul Clohessy, Kerry Golding (Pilot for Kieran Modra)), Matthew Gray, Steve Gray (Pilot for Greg Madson), Eddie Hollands (Pilot for Paul Clohessy)), Peter Homann, Paul Lake, Paul Lamond (Pilot for Lyn Lepore), Gregory Madson, Kieran Modra, Christopher Scott 
  Women – Lyn Lepore, Teresa Poole, Sandra Smith (Pilot for Teresa Poole) 
  Coaches – Kenneth Norris (Head), David Woodhouse 
  .
  Australian cyclists prepared for the Games and Atlanta's humid weather by undergoing acclimatisation training in Perth and Melbourne. Australian cyclists were also provided with racing suits by the International Wool Secretariat and CSIRO. These uniforms helped to minimise the impact of sweat on a cyclist's performance.
  Kieran Modra is a South Australian blind cyclist. He competed in the 1996 Paralympics in the tandem event with pilot Kerry Golding. He won a gold medal in the 200m mixed tandem sprint race.
  Tandem bike pairing Teresa Poole and Sandra Smith were ranked number one in the world prior to the start of the Games, and held the world record in the 1000 m event. Poole's disability is tunnel vision. They won gold in the 1000m women's tandem race, their first gold medal awarded at the Games
caption: Silver medalist Paul Lake in the LC1 omnium event
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