Mark le Flohic, OAM (born 4 December 1970) is a Paralympic cyclist from Western Australia, Australia. He was born in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. He won a gold medal at the

2000 Sydney Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in the Mixed Bicycle Time Trial CP Div 4 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a bronze medal in the Mixed Tricycle 1.9 km Time Trial CP Div 2 event. At the

2004 Athens Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, he won a gold medal in the Men's Tricycle Road Race CP Div 1/2 event and a silver medal in the Men's Tricycle Time Trial CP Div 1/2 event. Le Flohic was a Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) scholarship holder and was one of two WAIS athletes which were selected as part of the Australian cycling team for Beijing. On 30 August 2008, he broke his collarbone during training, forcing him to withdraw from the

2008 Beijing Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Le Flohic sustained the injury in Perth and was forced to have a metal plate inserted in his shoulder. Le Flohic ended his Paralympic career with 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal indicating his success as an Australian Paralympic cyclist. In his spare time, Le Flohic enjoys playing the sport of Boccia. By participating in this sport, Mark is aiming to encourage young people to participate in disability sports in order to allow for the generation of a new talent pool of wheelchair athletes in Australia. Excelled himself in 'Great Bike Hike 2012, Perth to Broome'

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