David Stone (cyclist)

David Stone

Personal information
Full name	David Stone
Nationality	English and British
Born	30 April 1981 Birmingham
Residence	Leeds
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Event(s)	Road Race and Time Trial
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Road Race CP1/3 2008 Beijing Time Trial CP1/3 2012 London Mixed road race T 1-2 2012 London Mixed Time Trial T 1-2 World Paracycling Championships 2005 Team Sprint 2006 Road Race 2006 Time Trial 2007 Road Race 2007 Time Trial 2010 Road Race 2010 Time Trial 2013 Road Race 2009 Time Trial 2011 Time Trial 2013 Time Trial 2014 Road Race 2005 Road Race 2005 Time Trial 2014 Time Trial

David Stone, MBE, (born 30 April 1981) is an English and British para-cyclist.

Stone specialises in the Road Race and Time Trial events, winning Gold Medals in both events at Paralympic and World Championship level. In 2009 he was awarded an MBE.^[1]

Early life

David was born in Birmingham in 1981. He started cycling aged 8, and competed in his first race aged 15, when he was spotted by the manager of the Great Britain team.

Disability

David suffers from Cerebral Palsy.^[2] He has described cycling as an outlet of frustration, and a source of freedom and enjoyment.^[3]

Competition record

Competition	Event	Result	Medal
2000 Sydney Paralympics[4]	Road Race	7th Place
	Time Trial	7th Place
2005 World Paracycling Championships[5]	Team Sprint	1st Place
	Road Race	3rd Place
	Time Trial	3rd Place
2006 World Paracycling Championships[6]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2007 World Paracycling Championships[7]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2008 Beijing Paralympics[8]	Road Race CP1/3	1st Place
	Time Trial CP1/3	1st Place
2009 World Paracycling Championships[9]	Time Trial	2nd Place
2010 World Paracycling Championships[10]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2011 World Paracycling Championships[11]	Road Race	4th Place
	Time Trial	2nd Place
2012 London Paralympics[12]	Road Race	1st Place
	Mixed Time Trial T 1-2	3rd Place
2013 World Paracycling Championships[13]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	2nd Place
2014 World Paracycling Championships	Road Race	2nd Place[14]
	Time Trial	3rd Place[15]

See also

• 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom

References

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11. Reports and Results Retrieved on 2011-06-13
12. Retrieved on 2012-09-05
13. Retrieved on 2013-06-27
14. "PPara-Cycling: David Stone & Karen Darke add to GB medal tally". bbc.co.uk. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
15. "Para-Cycling: Karen Darke & David Stone among medals for GB". bbc.co.uk. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.