Aileen McGlynn is a Scottish paralympic tandem cyclist, tandem piloted until 2009 by Ellen Hunter piloted by Helen Scott until 2012 and currently piloted by Louise Haston.
Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Great Britain sent a delegation of around 400, of which 212 were athletes, to compete in eighteen sports at the Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who may elect to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics. Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Paralympic competition.
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of 44 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in Laoshan Velodrome on 7–10 September, and road cycling took place at the Changping Triathlon Venue on 12–14 September.
Belgium sent a delegation of 21 athletes to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The nominated athletes are listed below with their individual classification and disciplines.
Kieran John Modra is a visually impaired Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He has won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
The Men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on August 7 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Richard Barnaby "Barney" Storey MBE is a British cyclist. He rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track cycling events. He competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games and won three gold medals.
Lindy Hou, OAM is an Australian tandem cyclist and triathlete from Hong Kong. Arriving in Australia with her family in 1974, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in the mid-1980s and became legally blind in 1996. She has won six medals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Toireasa Gallagher née Ryan is an Australian cyclist. She was born in the New South Wales city of Bathurst. Before the 2004 Athens Paralympics, she piloted Lindy Hou in the tandem pursuit and road races; after the games, she was Hou's sole pilot. At the Athens Games, she won two silver medals in the Women's Road Race / Time Trial Tandem B1–3 and Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1–3 events. At the 2006 IPC World Cycling Championships, she won two gold medals. At the 2008 Beijing Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit B VI 1–3 event and a bronze medal in the Women's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1–3 event.
Steven George is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot, who piloted Bryce Lindores at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. He won a bronze medal at the games in the Men's Individual Pursuit B VI 1–3 event, with the pair beating their personal best time by six seconds.
Tyson John Lawrence, OAM is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot, who worked with Kieran Modra at the 2008 Beijing Games. At the games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit B VI 1-3 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1-3 event.
Bryce Lindores is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist.
The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 9–10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The Women's individual pursuit event at the Summer Paralympics took place on September 10 at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The women's individual pursuit event in cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The Men's sprint event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 10 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The event was competed by blind & visually impaired athletes.
The Men's individual time trial events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 12 at the Changping Triathlon Venue.
The women's individual time trial events in cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 12 September at the Changping Triathlon Venue.
The Men's individual road race events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 13–14 at the Changping Triathlon Venue.
The Women's individual road race events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 13–14 at the Changping Triathlon Venue.
