Robert Colville Crowe,
OAM[1] (born 19 November 1968)[2] is an Australian Champion Cyclist who competed in the
1992 Barcelona Olympics and as
Kieran Modra's pilot in the
2004 Athens Paralympics. He also directs the popular indoor cycling engine-training school at Ridewiser in Melbourne, Australia.
Cycling career highlights
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 the
men's team time trial at the
1992 Barcelona Olympics, and also his participation as an Australian Paralympic
tandem cycling pilot.[2][3] He piloted
Kieran Modra in endurance events, most notably at the
2004 Athens Games.[4] At the games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1–3 event, in which he and Kieran Modra set a new World Record (4:21.451),[5] and for which he received a
Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and then a bronze medal in the Men's Road Race / Time Trial Tandem B1–3 event.[6] 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.[7] He was also part of the team
Giant–Australian Institute of Sport.