Kurt Fearnley is a famous Paralympian, born on March 23, 1981 in Australia. As of January 9, 2023, Kurt Fearnley’s net worth is $5 Million. He was named Athlete of the Year by the New South Wales Institute of Sport in 2007.
| Parents | Jackie Fearnley, Glenn Fearnley |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Adam Fearnley |
| Spouse | Sheridan Fearnley |
| Children(s) | Emilia Fearnley, Harry Fearnley |
Biography
Australian Paralympian who won gold medals in wheelchair racing at the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games. He is also remembered for his dominant performance at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, where he won three gold medals. Fearnley was born on 23 March 1981 in the New South Wales town of Cowra as the youngest of five children. He was born with sacral agenesis; he is missing certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. At the time of his birth, doctors did not believe he would live longer than a week. He grew up in the small New South Wales town of Carcoar. At school, he took part in all sports including athletics and rugby league. He won his first athletics medal in the high jump. He took up wheelchair racing at the age of 14 and took it to an elite level at the age of 17..
He is the youngest of five children.
Kurt Harry Fearnley, AO (born 23 March 1981) is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and ‘crawled’ the Kokoda Track. He has a congenital disorder called sacral agenesis which prevented fetal development of certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. In Paralympic events he is classified in the T54 classification. He focuses on long and middle-distance wheelchair races, and has also won medals in sprint relays. He participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games. Fearnley finished his Paralympic Games career with silver and bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He won a gold and silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was the Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Kurt Fearnley Net Worth
Kurt Fearnley is one of the richest Paralympian & listed on most popular Paralympian. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kurt Fearnley's net worth $5 Million.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Paralympian |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He was born with a condition known as sacral agenesis and is missing parts of his spine.
In 1997, Fearnley was a member of the Western Region Academy of Sport and by the 2000 Sydney Paralympics was representing Australia. At these Games, Fearnley won two silver medals in the 800 m and 4×100 m relay events. He also represented his country in the demonstration sport of Men’s 1500 m wheelchair, where he came 4th. He went to the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, England and finished 7th in both the 400 m and 800 m T54 events.
At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men’s 1500 m wheelchair. Following this he won two gold medals in the 5000 m T54 and marathon T54 events at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, Netherlands, he won three gold medals and one bronze medal. Participating in his third Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the marathon T54, two silver medals in the 800 m T54 and 5000 m T54 events and a bronze medal in the 1500 m T54 event.
On 30 September 2009, Fearnley conducted a training climb of Sydney’s Centrepoint Tower’s 1,504 fire stairs in 20 minutes, taking them two at a time. While far short of the 6m 52s record for the annual charity climb (Sydney Tower Run-up), the Tower’s manager said this was quicker than the 25 minutes required by most able-bodied people. In 2009, he won his fourth New York City Marathon title, his third consecutive title in the Chicago Marathon and victories in Seoul, Paris, London and Sydney. In November 2009, Fearnley crawled the Kokoda Trail accompanied by family and friends in support of Movember and Beyond Blue. He completed the 96-kilometre (60 mi) journey in 10 days. In 2009, he was awarded the Young Australian of the Year for New South Wales.
Kurt Fearnley Wife
According to our records, Kurt Fearnley married to Sheridan Fearnley. As of January 12, 2023, Kurt Fearnley’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Kurt Fearnley. You may help us to build the dating records for Kurt Fearnley!In early 2011 at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won the marathon. Later in the year, Fearnley competed in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Kurt Fearnley's height 4 feet 7 Inches weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | 4 feet 7 Inches |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Paralympian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Australia. Kurt Fearnley celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.
In 2010, Fearnley married Sheridan Rosconi at Glenrock Lagoon. Fearnley and Rosconi met while studying at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales. Their first son, Harry, was born in 2013 with a second child, a daughter Emilia born in 2017.
Who is Kurt Fearnley wife?
Sheridan Fearnley
What is Kurt Fearnley famous for?
Kurt Fearnley, International Day of People with Disability patron for 2019, is a man who has achieved things most of us can only dream of. Kurt has won three Paralympic gold medals, two Commonwealth Games gold medals, and more than 40 marathons, including the New York, Chicago and London marathons.
Why is Kurt in a wheelchair?
Kurt Fearnley was born with lumbar sacral agenesis which meant he was missing parts of his spine and sacrum. The New South Wales country town of Carcoar, where Kurt lived, came together to get him a wheelchair so he could compete professionally in sport.
Is Kurt Fearnley in the Olympics?
Fearnley started wheelchair racing when he was 14-years-old and has gone on to have an illustrious career in the sport. In 2000 and 2004, Fearnley had the distinction of becoming one of few Australians to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Did Dylan Alcott do the Kokoda Trail?
The Australian Open winner explained it first happened five years ago, when a security guard told him that he was a ‘hero’ but then called him ‘Kurt’. Dylan went on to say that he just goes along with it even when asked about crawling the Kokoda Track, which Kurt did in 2009.
At the 2012 London Paralympics, he was aiming to be the first person to win three consecutive marathon T54 gold medals. However, he instead won a bronze medal in the Men’s Marathon T54 and a silver medal in the Men’s 5000 m T54.
In 2014, his autobiography Pushing the Limits: Life, Marathons & Kokoda was published.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he finished fourth in the Men’s 5000 m T54 and did not progress to the final of the Men’s 1500 m T54. He left Doha immediately to compete in the New York Marathon where he finished fifth after crashing at the 12-mile mark. On Australia Day 2016, he won the Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race for the tenth time joining Louise Sauvage as a ten-time winner of this prestigious wheelchair road race.
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