Stuart Jones (born 1969) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won silver medal at 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. He represented Australia at the

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Personal

Jones was born in Brisbane, Queensland and in 2021 lives

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. In January 2014, whilst riding to work, he clipped a parked car on the New England Highway at

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. He suffered a fractured skull, two fractured vertebrae in his spine and torn tendons in his hand. His doctors discovered he had no movement down most of the right side of his body, even after surgery to repair his spine. He underwent rehabilitation at Royal North Shore Hospital with a determination to walk and ride again. He was a military police officer in the Australian Army. He has completed legal qualifications and aims to become a solicitor after 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Cycling

Jones is classified as a T2 cyclist. His first major international competition was the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, South Africa where he finished ninth in the Men's Time Trial T2. In 2019, he won bronze medals at two World Cups in the Men's Time Trial T2. 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 ...

, Netherlands, he won the silver medal in the Men's Time Trial T2. At the

, he finished fifth in the Men's Road Time Trial T1–2 and eight in the Men's Road Race T1–2. Jones was applauded for his encouragement of South Africa’s Toni Mould who was struggling during the Women's Road Race. Jones said" “As a result I knew that Toni wasn’t the best climber, bit like myself,” he said. “At this point I wasn’t going to podium and I knew how hard that climb would be on her own, so I basically ceased my race there and then and put everything into encouraging Toni to climb.” Jones was awarded the New South Wales Institute of Sport 'Spirit of Sport' Award for this act of support. This sportsmanship led to Jones being awarded the

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Uncle Kevin Coombs Medallist. Jones won the bronze medal in the Men's Time Trial T2 and did not finish in Men's Road Race T2 at the

2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Baie-Comeau in Canada from 11 to 14 August 2022. Medalists Men's events ...

in Baie-Comeau. In 2021, he is a member of the Newcastle Cycling Club. In April of 2023, Jones was among paralympians accused of exaggerating or faking their disabilities in order to compete.

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Stuart Jones
at Cycling Australia (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Stuart Paralympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 1969 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists from New South Wales People educated at Brisbane State High School 20th-century Australian sportspeople 21st-century Australian sportspeople Sportsmen from New South Wales