Australian Paralympic gold medallist Paige Greco has died at the age of 28.
The para-cyclist, who clinched her country's first gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, died on Sunday at her home in Adelaide after a "sudden medical episode", said AusCycling, the sport's national governing body.
Greco's family is "devastated by her loss, [but] incredibly proud of the person she was and the way she represented Australia", her mother Natalie said in a statement published by AusCycling.
"Paige meant everything to us. Her kindness, her determination and her warmth touched our family every single day," Mrs Greco said.
Greco, who had cerebral palsy, started out as a track-and-field athlete before turning to cycling in 2018.
