Bryce Lindores

Bryce Lindores (born 12 September 1986)[1] is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist.

Bryce Lindores
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Lindores
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986
Gold Coast, Queensland
Sport
Disability classB1
Medal record
Cycling
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Men's individual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Men's individual pursuit B VI 1-3
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2006 AigleMen's Sprint B
Gold medal – first place2012 CarsonuMen's Sprint B
Bronze medal – third place2011 MontichiariMen's individual pursuit B

Personal

Lindores was born on the Gold Coast[2] and attended Somerset College.[3] He played rugby, tennis and touch football when he was young.[1] 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 ute.[1] He lives in the Gold Coast suburb of Mermaid Beach in the subdivision of Nobby beach.[1] In 2009, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.[1]

Career
Bryce Lindores & Sean Finning at the 2012 London Paralympics

Lindores began cycling in 2006, two years after the accident that took his sight.[1] Six months later, he won a bronze medal riding with pilot Steve Storer at the 2006 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aigle, Switzerland and was awarded the 2006 Queensland Tandem Cyclist of the Year.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games 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.[1][4] He won a road racing gold medal at the 2010 Road World Cup.[1] In 2011, his pilot was Sean Finning; that year he won a bronze medal in the 4 km individual pursuit at the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and a gold and silver medal in road events at the national championships.[1] In 2012 he won a gold medal at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 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, could not attend the competition.[5] He competed with Sean Finning at the 2012 London Paralympics and they won the silver medal in the Men's individual pursuit B .[1][4][6] Lindores was due to ride with Jamieson, but Jamieson was denied a visa to enter England due to a criminal record.[7]

References
  1. "Bryce Lindores". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. "Bryce Lindores". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. "Bryce Lindores Returns to Somerset!" (PDF). Somerset Times. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. "Bryce Lindores – Queensland's Newest World Champion!". Cycling Australia. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. "APC names Cycling Team for London 2012". Australian Paralympic Committee. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  7. Shaw, Rob (13 July 2012). "Jamieson Games visa blow". The Examiner. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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