Paul Clohessy
![]() Clohessy and his cycling partner Darren Harry on the gold medal podium after winning the Men's Tandem Sprint Open at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Paul Clohessy | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 November 1970 Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Paul Clohessy, OAM[1](born 11 November 1970)[2] is an Australian vision impaired tandem cyclist. He was born in Perth, Western Australia.[2] He represented Australia at the three Paralympics Games[3] - 1992, 1996 and 2000. He was also an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1997 and 2000 in cycling.[4]
Paralympics
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He competed but did not win any medals in his first Paralympics Games at the 1992 Barcelona Games.[5] At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem open event with his cycling partner Eddy Hollands.[5] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Sprint Tandem open event with his cycling partner Darren Harry, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open event with Hollands.[5]
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References
- ^ a b "Clohessy, Paul, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Cyclists". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Paralympic Games". Wikipedia. 26 August 2017.
- ^ Nihil, G. (2006). Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence. Focus Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 1-921156-16-3.
- ^ a b c "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
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