Fiona Southorn (born 8 October 1967) is a New Zealand

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

cyclist who represented New Zealand at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Born in

Tokoroa Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the M ...

and living in

Waipu Waipu may refer to: New Zealand *Waipu Lagoons, near New Plymouth *Waipu, New Zealand, town in Northland *Waipu River, river in Northland Taiwan *Waipu District, Taichung *Waipu Fishing Port The Waipu Fishing Port () is a fishing port in Houl ...

in Northland, Southorn, who is missing her left hand, won a bronze medal in the C5

individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

at the 2012 London Paralympics.

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* * 1967 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Paralympic cyclists for New Zealand Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Paralympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Tokoroa {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub