Venue | Maniago, Italy |
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Date(s) | –5 August 2018 | 2
Nations participating | 45 |
Cyclists participating | 343 |
Events | 52 |
The 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place in Maniago in Italy from 2 to 5 August 2018. [1]
25 nations won medals [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
2 | United States | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
3 | Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
4 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
5 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
6 | Australia | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
7 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
8 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | Russia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
12 | China | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
13 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
14 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
17 | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
18 | South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
20 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
21 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
23 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
24 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (24 entries) | 53 | 51 | 47 | 151 |
45 nations [3]
Hannah MacDougall is a Paralympic swimming, cycling and triathlon competitor from Australia.
Michael Thomas Gallagher, OAM is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland. He has won gold medals at the Beijing and 2012 London Paralympics. He was selected in the Australian team for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) revealed that Gallagher had returned a positive A sample for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition training camp in Italy in July 2016. This A positive disqualified him from the Rio Paralympics.
David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Simone Kennedy is an Australian cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the individual pursuit C1-3. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Susan "Sue" Powell, is an Australian cyclist. At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4, setting a new world record in the process, and a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Powell won the silver medal in the 3 km Women's Individual Pursuit C4.
Carol Lynn Cooke, is a Canadian-born Australian cyclist, swimmer and rower. A keen swimmer, she was part of the Canadian national swimming team and was hoping to be selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics before her country boycotted the games. She moved to Australia in 1994, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and took up rowing in 2006, in which she narrowly missed out on being part of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She then switched to cycling, where she won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics, two gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Alexandra Lisney is an Australian rower and cyclist. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She represented Australian at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
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Katie-George Dunlevy is an English-born para-cyclist competing in tandem events for Ireland, and formerly a pararowing competitor for Great Britain in the 4+ Mixed LTA class.
Nicolas Pieter du Preez is a South African athlete in paratriathlon. In 2013, he was the first person with tetraplegia to ever complete an Ironman Triathlon. Du Preez started competing at the Berlin Marathon in 2008 and was a seven-time winner at the event during the 2010s.
Meg Lemon is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where she won a bronze medal. Lemon was selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where she won another bronze medal.
Darren Michael Hicks is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who has won medals at several World Road and Track Championships. His right leg was amputated above the knee as a consequence of a road crash in 2014. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won a gold and a silver medal. He has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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