Ben Watson (cyclist)
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Nickname(s) | Benjamina Bond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stockport, Greater Manchester, England | 11 June 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Para-T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrew Pink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Michael Watson MBE (born 11 June 1989) is a British para cyclist competing in road, time trial and track cycling events in the C3 category. [2]
In 2018 Watson finished second at the UCI World Para-cycling Track Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[3] In the World Road Championships C3 individual time trial he has won bronze both in the 2018 and 2019.[4][5] Watson won the C3 road race in Yorkshire 2019, which was the first time a para-cycling race took place alongside the UCI Road World Championships.[6]
Cycling career[]
Watson has been part of the Great Britain Cycling Team since early 2017.[2]
In 2021 Watson became Paralympic double Champion when he won the Gold Medal in the C3 Men's Time Trial, and the men's C1-3 road race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Watson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ "IFrame".
- ^ a b "Ben Watson Looks to Reach True Potential Ahead of Tokyo Paralympics". britishcycling.org.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Scratch - Rio de Janeiro - 25 Mar 2018". dataride.uci.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships - Maniago (Road)". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Individual Time Trial - Emmen". dataride.uci.ch. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Points: Benjamin Watson". britishcycling.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
- 1989 births
- English male cyclists
- UCI Para-cycling World Champions
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Stockport
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- Members of the Order of the British Empire