Jody Cundy
Jody Alan Cundy MBE (born 14 October 1978) is an English cyclist and former swimmer.
[edit] Biography
Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, he is now based in Manchester [1] where he trains with the Great Britain Cycling squad. Cundy was born with a deformed foot, which was amputated when he was three years old. He later became a top athlete, and represented Great Britain three times in swimming at the Paralympic Games from 1996 to 2004, winning three gold and two bronze medals.[2]
In 2006, he switched from swimming to cycling, competing at international events in the C4 disability category. Winning gold in the kilo in his debut at the 2006 world championships, he repeated this feat in 2007 and 2009 also taking the team sprint title at both events.[2]
Representing Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Cundy broke the world record on the way to winning the gold in the Kilo with a time of 1 minute 5.466 seconds. This made him one of only a handful of athletes that have become Paralympic champion in two different sports.[3]
Cundy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[4]
He is the fastest solo Paralympian of all time, completing the flying 200m in a time of 10.805 (66.635 km/h)[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Larry Hickmott (2008-09-02). "Talking to Paralympian Jody Cundy". British Cycling. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/OlympicGames2008/20080902_Jody_Cundy.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-10.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Paralympic challengers: Jody Cundy", BBC, September 2, 2008
- ^ "Cundy is golden wonder in two different sports". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 2008-09-10. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Cundy-is-golden-wonder-in.4475983.jp. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 15. 31 December 2008.
- ^ [1], British Cycling, October 1st, 2011
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Official Facebook Fan Page
- Jody Cundy on twitter
- Cundy at tredzblog.co.uk
- Jody Cundy interviewed by students
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