Felicity Johnson
 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1971 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | B3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felicity Jane Johnson OAM (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
Personal
Felicity Jane Johnson was born on 30 May 1971 with a visual impairment.[1][2] Her early sporting career was as a track and field athlete and she won two silver medals in the 800 m at the FESPIC Games. She is employed as a support worker with Can Do for Kids, an organisation established for children with sensory disabilities.[1]
Career
Johnson won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1–3 event with her pilot Katie Parker.[3] At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's 1 km Time Trial B with her pilot Stephanie Morton.[3]
In 2014, she was paired with pilot Holly Takos and competed in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games where the South Australian duo placed fourth.
Recognition
Johnson won the National Achievement Award for Best Newcomer in 2007, and was twice named Blind Sportsperson of the Year, in 2010 and 2011.[1] In 2012, she was a finalist for the Australian Paralympian of the Year award[4] She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Felicity Johnson". Australian Paralympic Committee Team Profile. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Felicity Johnson". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Freney favourite to win top Paralympian". Australian Associated Press. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
External links
- Felicity Johnson at the International Paralympic Committee
- Australian Paralympic Committee Team Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-07-04)
- Cycling Australia Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-03-19)
- Paralympic cyclists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic cyclists with a vision impairment
- Australian blind people
- Australian female cyclists
- Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory
- 1971 births
- Living people
- UCI Para-cycling World Champions
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists from the Australian Capital Territory
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- FESPIC Games competitors
- 20th-century Australian women
- 21st-century Australian women