Alexandra Lisney
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Sydney, Australia
Portrait of Australian 2016 Paralympic Team member Alexandra Green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1987 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Manly Warringah Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandra Lisney (née Green; born 2 July 1987) is an Australian rower and cyclist. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She represented Australian at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Green was born ten weeks premature on 2 July 1987 in Sydney, Australia.[2][3] She has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of her body.[3] As of 2016[update], she lives in Sydney, Australia and was a student at the University of New South Wales, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.[2][3] She is employed as a structural engineer.[4] She was married in September 2015.
Adaptive rowing
Lisney took up adaptive rowing in 2008 following an Australian Paralympic Committee talent search event. She went on to make the national team within one year of participating in the sport[3][5] with her first appearance at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poland.[3]
