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| Full name | Lisa Gaye Curry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1962-05-15)15 May 1962 (age 63) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly,medley,freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lisa Gaye Curry (born 15 May 1962), also known by her married nameLisa Curry-Kenny, is an Australian former competitionswimmer.
Curry won seven gold, two silver and one bronze Commonwealth Games medals, and is the only Australian swimmer to have held Commonwealth and Australian records in every stroke except backstroke.[1] Curry was the chair of theNational Australia Day Council from 2000 to 2008.
Curry's swimming ability was noticed at a young age and by the age of 12 was one of the fastest swimmers of her age in the world. She was anAustralian Institute of Sport scholarship holder,[2] and won 15 national long course open titles.
From 1977 to 1992, Curry represented Australia 16 times. She competed in the1980,1984 and1992 Olympics; the 1978 and 1982World Championships; and the 1978, 1982 and 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Curry won seven gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze medal across three Commonwealth Games: a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay atEdmonton in 1978; three gold medals (100-metre butterfly, 200- and 400-metre individual medley) and a bronze (100-metre freestyle) atBrisbane in 1982; and four gold medals (100-metre butterfly, 50-metre freestyle, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×100-metre medley relay) and one silver (100-metre freestyle) atAuckland in 1990.
After retiring from swimming, she competed in surf boat rowing competitions and outrigger canoe events, and her team won the World Championship Outrigger Canoe event in 1997.[1]
On 31 December 1982, Curry was named aMember of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of service to the sport of swimming".[3] She was inducted into theSport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.[1] At the 1994 Australia Day Honours, Curry was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia "in recognition of service to the sport of swimming".[4] On 14 July 2000, Curry was awarded theAustralian Sports Medal for "her significant contribution as a competitor in swimming".[5] On 1 January 2001, Curry was awarded theCentenary Medal for "service to Australian society through swimming and the National Australia Day Council".[6] At the 2008 Australia Day Honours, Curry was named as anOfficer of the Order of Australia "for service to the community through encouraging national pride and identity, particularly through leadership of the National Australia Day Council."[7] In 2009 Curry was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[8]
In 2011, Curry appeared as a celebrity contestant on thefirst season ofNine Network's Australian reality seriesThe Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Curry was fired in the 6th task.[9]
She appeared in advertising campaigns for cruise linerP&O Cruises Australia andUncle Tobys.
In January 2017, Curry was revealed as a celebrity contestant on thethird season ofNetwork Ten's Australian reality seriesI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[10] On 8 March 2017, Curry was the 9th celebrity eliminated from the series after 41 days in the jungle coming in 6th place.[11]
Curry was the subject of the episode ofWho Do You Think You Are? aired on 9 June 2020.
Lisa was the subject of an episode of Australian Story, on the ABC, called The Deep End, which aired in June 2022.
In 2022, Curry appeared on the fourth season ofThe Masked Singer Australia as Caterpillar and was the second contestant to be revealed.[12][13][14]
Curry and former husbandGrant Kenny co-own the Curry Kenny Aviation Group, which in 2009 owned approximately 60 aircraft.[15]Curry has a partnership with Naturopath Jeff Butterworth in the company Happy Healthy YOU.
Curry was married toGrant Kenny, formerironmansurf lifesaver and Olympic bronze medallist, in 1986. Curry and Kenny separated in May 2009.[15][16] They had three children together; Jaimi Lee, Morgan andJett. Daughter Jaimi Lee Kenny died on 14 September 2020 at age 33, following a long illness.[17]
In 2008, Curry had aheart surgery operation to implant adefibrillator after being found to have anirregular heartbeat as a consequence of aviral infection.[18]
In October 2016, Curry announced her engagement to entertainer Mark Andrew Tabone.[19] They married in May 2018.[20]
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