Nigel Barley (cyclist)

Nigel Barley (born 27 September 1974) is an Australian cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal.

Nigel Barley
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Barley
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1974-09-27) 27 September 1974
Western Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportCycling
Event(s)Road time trial
Road race
Medal record
Cycling
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 LondonMen's IndividualRoad Time Trial H3
Para-cycling Road World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 Baie-ComeauMen's Individual Time Trial H3

Personal

Barley was born on 27 September 1974.[1][2] He is from Western Australia.[3][4][5][6] When he was twenty-six years old, he broke his back after falling from a roof and onto a hammer.[4][7] As of 2012, he lives in Parkerville, Western Australia.[4][7]

Cycling
Barley at the 2012 London Paralympics

Barley is an H3 classified hand-cyclist competing in road time trial and road race events.[1] He has a scholarship with the Western Australian Institute of Sport.[4] His carbon fibre hand-cycle costs A$20,000.[7]

Barley took up the sport within a year of his accident.[7] He has hand-cycled from Perth, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales.[4] At the 2011 para-cycling road World Cup in Sydney, he finished third in the H3 hand cycling event.[3] In 2012, he competed in races in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and France. Some of these races were part of the 2012 International Paracycling Tour season. Others were part of the World Cup season.[8] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's Road Individual Time Trial H3.[1][4] He was the sixth Western Australia to be named to the Australian team.[4] The Paralympics were his first.[7]

Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships, Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial H3.[9]

Recognition

Nigel is a three-time winner of the Wheelchair Sports WA Sports Star of the Year award having won in 2011 alongside Darren Gardiner, 2012 alongside Shaun Norris, and 2013.[10]

References
  1. "Nigel Barley". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. "Nigel Barley". Cycling.org.au. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. "Aussie cyclists win gold at Eastern Creek". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. WAIS (13 June 2012). "Western Australian Institute of Sport". WAIS. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  5. Foreman, Glen (24 July 2012). "Aussie paralympians throw down gauntlet to the Poms". News.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  6. Glen Foreman (24 July 2012). "Paralympians throw down gauntlet". Fox Sports. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  7. "Barley makes Paralympics - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia". inMyCommunity. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  8. Tuesday, 10 July 2012 19:20 (10 July 2012). "Nigel Barley Wins World Cup in Spain". Cyclesportnews.com. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  9. "Para-cycling Road World Championships -Results". UCI Website. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  10. "WSWA 18th Annual Sports Star Awards". Wheelchair Sports WA. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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