Bryce Lindores (born 12 September 1986) is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist.

Personal

Lindores was born on the

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and attended Somerset College. He played rugby, tennis and touch football when he was young. He became blind six days before his eighteenth birthday due to an accident in which a towing rope snapped while he was towing a car with his

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. He lives in the Gold Coast suburb of

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in the subdivision of Nobby beach. In 2009, he climbed

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, Africa's highest mountain.

Career

Lindores began cycling in 2006, two years after the accident that took his sight. Six months later, he won a bronze medal riding with pilot Steve Storer at the 2006

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and was awarded the 2006 Queensland Tandem Cyclist of the Year. He won a bronze medal at the

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in the Men's Individual Pursuit B VI 1–3 event with his pilot Steven George; the pair took six seconds off their personal best. He won a road racing gold medal at the 2010 Road World Cup. In 2011, his pilot was

Sean Finning Sean Finning (born 22 January 1985) is an Australian cyclist. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold medal. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling as a sighted pilot. Personal F ...

; that year he won a bronze medal in the 4 km individual pursuit at the

2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships The 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability competed in 2011. The Championships took place at the Montichiari Velodrome in Montichiari, Italy from 11 t ...

and a gold and silver medal in road events at the national championships. In 2012 he won a gold medal at the

in the men's tandem 4 km pursuit with his pilot Scott McPhee in their first competition together; his usual pilot, former world champion

Mark Jamieson Mark Ian Jamieson (born 4 May 1984, in Dandenong) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He started competing at the age of 10 in 1994, he first represented his country in the World Junior Track Championships in 2001. He was an Australia ...

, could not attend the competition. He competed with

at the 2012 London Paralympics and they won the silver medal in the Men's individual pursuit B . Lindores was due to ride with Jamieson, but Jamieson was denied a visa to enter England due to a criminal record.

References

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