Matthew Gray (cyclist)
![]() Gray on the podium with his gold medal won at the 2000 Summer Paralympics LC1 1 km Time Trial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Matthew Douglas Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Perth, Western Australia | 20 December 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Douglas Gray, OAM[1](born 20 December 1977)[2] is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. He was born in Perth.[2] At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he won a silver medal in the Mixed Omnium LC1 event.[3] He won two gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Mixed 1 km Time Trial LC1 and Mixed Olympic Sprint LC1–3 events,[3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] He broke a world record in the former event.[4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/211000_-_Cycling_track_Matthew_Gray_action_2_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/220px-211000_-_Cycling_track_Matthew_Gray_action_2_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg)
Action shot of Gray during the 2000 Summer Paralympics
References[]
- ^ a b "Gray, Matthew Douglas, 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 20 January 2000. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
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