Alison Peasgood

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Alison Peasgood
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Alison Peasgood at Loch Lomond
Personal information
Birth nameAlison Patrick
NationalityBritish
Born (1987-10-01) 1 October 1987 (age 37)
Kirkcaldy, Scotland [1]
Sport
Sport Paratriathlon
Medal record
Women's paratriathlon
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro PT5
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Edmonton PT5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 RotterdamPT5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Chicago PT5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast PTVI
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Abu DhabiPTVI
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Abu Dhabi PTVI
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Geneva PT5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lisbon PT5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 TartuPTVI
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 OlsztynPTVI
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 KitzbühelPT5

Alison Peasgood (born Alison Patrick; 1 October 1987) is a British paratriathlete. She competed in the women's PT5 class at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal guided by Hazel Smith. [2] She competed again at the 2024 Paralympics partnered by Brooke Gillies. [3]

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Biography

Alison was born in 1987 with albinism. She was blind at birth and gained some sight afterwards, but has never had full vision. Moreover, she has nystagmus, which causes eye movement, and her albinism makes her, and particularly her eyes, sensitive to light. Alison worked as a physiotherapist at Victoria Hospital in Dunfermline until she moved to Loughborough. [4]

Paratriathlon became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Patrick took the silver medal in the PT5 class behind Katie Kelly of Australia. [2] Her guide for the race was Hazel Smith who is a Durham Engineer. They had trained for two years before the Olympics. They started out with a coffee together and went on to going on tandem bike rides together. [5] Smith was already a tri-athlete having been reserve for the team at 2014 Commonwealth games. [6]

Alison was voted "West Fife's Sports Personality of the Year ". [7]

In March 2017 she competed at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles. She teamed up with cyclist Helen Scott and they gained two more medals. Their tandem came third in the 1 km time trial and they gained a silver at the tandem sprint behind Thornhill and Hall. [7]

She came fourth in the postponed Paralympics in Tokyo. [8]

She competed again at her third Paralympics in 2024 in Paris partnered by Brooke Gillies who made her paralympics debut. Gillies had moved down to Loughborough to train with her but their work together was delayed until Peasgood gave birth to a child. [3] She was again fourth in Paris in an event won by Susana Rodriguez from Spain. [8]

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References

  1. Hart, Ross (20 January 2021). "Fate has a hand in Alison's Games dream". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 Alison Patrick Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 "Para triathlete Alison Peasgood's journey from pregnancy to Paris 2024". The Herald. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. Alison Patrick on her meteoric rise to the Rio Paralympics Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine , SportScotland, 8 June 2016
  5. Boulter, Lily (20 October 2016). "Hazel Smith: Durham Engineer to Olympic medallist". Palatinate. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. Andrew, Louise (2 September 2016). "My Paralympic journey began over coffee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. 1 2 Hart, Ross (6 March 2017). "Alison pedals to World Championship gongs". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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