Mark Bristow
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| Full name | Mark Bristow | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1962 England Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||
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Mark Bristow MBE (born 8 July 1962) is an English paralympic cyclist.[1] Born in Nazeing near Waltham Abbey, Essex, Bristow currently resides in Sacramento, California.[2] He took up the sport of disability cycling after being injured in a bike crash in San Francisco in September 1997. Bristow's is a computer administrator, and is related to the darts player, Eric Bristow.[3]
Bristow received an MBE for services to disabled sport in the 2009 New Years Honours.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Mark Bristow Bio". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008.
- ^ "Athlete Biography - BRISTOW Mark". Beijing Paralympics official website. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008.
- ^ "Paralympic Cycling Profiles". The British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Hoy knighted in New Year honours". BBCSport. 31 December 2008.
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- Paralympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- People from Epping Forest District
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cycling