David Nicholas, (born 1 December 1991) is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the

2016 Rio Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

and a bronze medal at the

2020 Tokyo Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic ...

Personal

David Aron Nicholas was born on 1 December 1991 in

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...

. He has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

. Other sports he participates include karate. he lived in the Queensland town of Proserpine. where he worked as IT Support Officer at Whitsunday Regional Council. Nicholas now lives in Bathurst NSW, where he lives with his fiancé Emilie Miller, herself an accomplished international athlete.

Cycling

050912 - David Nicholas - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics

Nicholas is a C3 classified cyclist who competes in road and track events. At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and silver medal in the Men's Road Race C3. In 2012, he participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, where he finished first in the C3 3 km individual pursuit. In the lead up to the 2012 London Paralympics, he participated in the

Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and the only non-royal, non- episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, on ...

festival of cycling time trial event. At the games, Nicholas won a gold medal in the Men's Individual C 3 Road Time Trial and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual C1–3 Road Race. He also participated in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C1–3, Men's Individual Pursuit C3 and Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events. Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships,

Baie-Comeau Baie-Comeau (; 2021 city population 20,687; CA population 26,643) is a city located approximately north-east of Quebec City in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River nea ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial C3. At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3. At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

Nottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Nottewile''. In 1275 it was mentioned as ''Otewile''. Nottwil is also the location where th ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, he finished seventh in the Men's Time Trial C3 and Men's Road Race C3. Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3 at the

. He set a Paralympic record of 3:32.336 in qualifying for the gold medal race. His other results were fourth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and sixth in the Mixed Sprint. At the

2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese m ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

, Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3, a silver medal in Men's 1 km Time Trial C3 and a bronze medal in the Men's Scratch Race C1-3. At the

2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 201 ...

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, he finished ninth in the Men's Time Trial C3 and 13th in the Men's Road Race C1-3. At the

2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships The 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling with athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 22–25 March 2018. 31 events were held on the ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3. At the

2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the shor ...

, he won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Pursuit C3 Nicholas won a third straight world crown in C3 individual pursuit category at the

2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships The 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling with athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Apeldoorn, Netherlands from 14 to 17 March 2019. The championships Apeldo ...

in Apeldoorn,

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He also won the gold medal in the Men's Scratch Race C3 and finished third in the Omnium Test Event C3. At the

2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Emmen in The Netherlands from 11 to 15 September 2019. Medalists Medal ta ...

Emmen, Netherlands Emmen () is a municipality and town of the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands. History A planned city, Emmen arose from several small farming and peat-harvesting communities which have dotted the province of Drenthe since the ...

, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and tenth in the Men's Road Race C3. At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships,

Milton, Ontario Milton (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 census population 110,128) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing mun ...

, he won the gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit C3 and finished sixth in the Men's Scratch Race C3. Nicholas won his fourth Paralympic medal, in winning the bronze medal in the Men's 3km Pursuit C3 at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

with a time of 3:25.877. He finished 18th in the Men's Road Race C1–3 and eighth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3. At the

2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships The 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were held from 20 to 23 October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Results Men Women Mixed Medal table References {{reflist External linksResults

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...

, France, he won the bronze medal in Men's Omnium C4.

Recognition

He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games." In November 2016, he was awarded the

Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association The Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association is the peak body for sport, recreation and fitness for people with a physical disability or visual impairment, vision impairment in the Australian state of Queensland. The not-for-profit organisatio ...

Sporting Wheelie of The Year. He was awarded Cycling Australia's Male Elite Para-Cyclist for 2016 and 2017. In November 2017, he was awarded Queensland Sport Athlete with a Disability.

References

External links

* *
David Nicholas
at Cycling Australia (archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas, David Paralympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Cyclists with cerebral palsy Cyclists from Queensland Sportspeople from Rockhampton 1991 births Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sportsmen from Queensland Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Australian male cyclists Paralympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Australian people