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Katie-George Dunlevy
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1981-11-26) 26 November 1981 (age 42)
Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Sport
Country Ireland
SportPara-cycling
Disability classB
Event(s)Tandem time trial, Tandem road race, Tandem 3km pursuit. Tandem 1km time trial
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Women's Para-cycling
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Netherlands time trial (B)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Netherlands road race (B)
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Italy time trial (B)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Italy road race (B)
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro 3km pursuit (B)
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 South Africa time trial (B)
Gold medal – first place 2017 South Africa road race (B)
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro time trial B
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro road race B
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netherlands 3km pursuit (B)
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Greenville road race (B)
Representing  Great Britain
Women's Adaptive rowing
Adaptive World Rowing Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Gifu LTAMix4+
Gold medal – first place 2004 Banyoles LTAMix4+

Katie-George Dunlevy (born 26 November 1981) is an English-born Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for Ireland, and formerly a rower competing for Great Britain in the 4+ Mixed LTA class.[1]

Career

Dunlevy won a gold medal at the time trial B event and silver in the road race at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with pilot Eve McCrystal.

A multiple World medalist along with McCrystal. In 2015 Dunlevy won Bronze in the 3k pursuit at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Apeldorm, Netherlands. She became double World Champion at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in September 2017 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. A year later in 2018 in Maniago, Italy she retained both titles becoming double World Champion again with McCrystal. In the same year she won bronze in the 3k pursuit at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships.

In 2019 she won Gold in the time trial at the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Emmen, Netherlands becoming world champion for the third time and won Silver in the road race. Dunlevy won the B Women's (Tandem) event in the 108 km road race at the Yorkshire 2019 Para-Cycling International with pilot Eve McCrystal in a time of 02:36:57.

In 2020 Dunlevy and McCrystal won silver at the UCI Para-Cycling track World Championships in the 3k pursuit.

[2][3]

Personal life

Dunlevy was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) aged 11 and is registered blind. She previously competed in athletics, rowing and swimming before taking up cycling in 2011. She competes for Ireland as her father is a native of Mountcharles, County Donegal.[4][5] She has five sisters.

References

  1. ^ "Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal lead Ireland to more cycling gold in Rio".
  2. ^ "Gold for Katie-George Dunlevy in Rio".
  3. ^ "Dunlevy and McCrystal dazzle in Rio".
  4. ^ "Katie-George Dunlevy RIO".
  5. ^ "Q&A with Katie-George Dunlevy, paracylist and woman to inspire - sportswomen.ie".

6. https://www.irishpost.com/news/katie-george-dunlevy-irish-post-awards-2019-173732

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