Daniel Sidbury
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| Full name | Daniel Jonathan Sidbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Danny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability | Double below knee amputations due to meningitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Jonathan Sidbury (born 3 April 1994)[1] is a British wheelchair racer. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1][2] He is also a two-time bronze medalist at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.
Career
Sidbury is a T54-classified athlete and he competes in wheelchair racing competitions. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres T54 event at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[3]
In that same year, he represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 400 metres T54, men's 800 metres T54, men's 1500 metres T54 and men's 5000 metres T54 events.
In 2023, he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres T54 event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.[4] He finished in 4th place in the men's 400 metres T54 event.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  England
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| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, England | 2nd | 1500 m | 3:12.15 |
Representing  Great Britain
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| 2021 | World Para Athletics European Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2nd | 1500 m | 3:05.30 |
| 2023 | World Para Athletics Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | 800 m | 1:29.72 |
| 3rd | 5000 m | 10:15.44 | |||
References
- ^ a b "Men's 1500 metres (T54) Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (5 August 2022). "Ricketts and Chepkoech earn athletics golds in Commonwealth Games records as Victor is victor again". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 1500 metres T54 Final" (PDF). 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Paris 23: Schaefer and Bo set new world records, Hug flies to gold". Paralympic.org. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
