| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Kappes |
| Born | 1 March 1973 Stockport, England, United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider |
Medal record | |
Anthony Edward Kappes MBE (born 1 March 1973) is an English road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian.
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, [1] Kappes is partially sighted and competes in the B&VI 1–3 class. [2]
He is the current World record holder for 200 metres, along with his pilot Barney Storey. Storey and Kappes became the first Paralympic team to hold the able-bodied British National Tandem Sprint Championships title in 2006. [3]
Kappes, began working with a new tandem pilot internationally in 2008, Jon Norfolk sacrificed his career as a member of Great Britain's able-bodied squad in order to work with Paralympians, and had to take a three-year break from competition in order to qualify. Kappes and Norfolk beat Simon Jackson and Storey to win the sprint and kilo (Achieving Worlds Best - 1.02.06) events at the 2008 VISA Paralympic World Cup. [4]
Riding with Storey once more at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Kappes won gold at the Kilo and the Sprint. [5]
Kappes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to disabled sport. [6]
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