Nick Yallouris
 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Nick Yallouris | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 1974[1] Gosford, New South Wales[1] | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||
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Nick Yallouris (born 24 February 1974) is an Australian track cyclist.[2][3] He represented Australia in the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a sighted pilot for Australian cycling Paralympian, Matthew Formston.[3]
Personal[]
Yallouris was born on 24 February 1974 in Gosford, New South Wales.[3] Yallouris currently resides in Chittaway Point on the NSW Central Coast.[3] He is a Bicycle mechanic by trade.[3]
Career[]
Yallouris has had a passion for bicycles since a young age.[3] He is from a BMX background and was introduced to track cycling in 2010.[3] In 2015, he won the madison and came third in the elite scratch race and elite time trial at the 2015 Australian National Track Championships.[2] Yallouris was then selected to join the Australian Paralympic Cycling Team.[4] His debut for Australia in the Para-cycling team was at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands where he paired up with Commonwealth Games medallist Paul Kennedy. They finished sixth with a time of (1:04.274). At the Rio Paralympics, Yallouris will be the pilot for Formston. They train up to 13 times per week.[3]
Recognition[]
- 2012 - Central Coast Cyclist of the Year [1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Rider Profiles". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Nick Yallouris". Subaru NSWIS Cycling Team website. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nick Yallouris". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "ADDITIONAL RIDERS BOLSTER AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR 2015 PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
External links[]
- Australian Paralympic Committee profile
- NSWIS Cycling team profile
- We Believe - Matt Formston and Nick Yallouris
- Nick Yallouris on Twitter
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit | |
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- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Paralympic cyclists of Australia
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Australian male cyclists
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Australian track cyclists