Javier Otxoa Palacios was a Spanish cyclist who was a member of the Kelme cycling team. His name was sometimes spelled Javier Ochoa in media reports.
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.
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.
Darren Kenny is a British road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian. Kenny's results have made him one of his sport's biggest stars.
Christopher "Chris" Ian Scott, OAM is a former Australian paralympic cyclist. He has won ten medals at six Games from 1988 to 2008.
Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, is a British road and track racing cyclist and former swimmer. She is a multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in both sports, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion. Her total of fourteen gold medals makes her the most successful female British Paralympian of all time.
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Peter David Homann, OAM is a former Australian Paralympic cyclist. He has won seven medals at three Games from 1996 to 2004.
Mark le Flohic, OAM is a Paralympic cyclist from Western Australia, 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.
Jayme Richardson, born 27 April 1989, is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She was born in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown with cerebellar ataxia due to asphyxiation at birth. She began cycling in October 2004 after seeing a post Athens Paralympic interview with Silver Medalist Claire McLean where Claire said Australia needed more female Para-cyclists. At the time Jayme was a swimmer and was doing very well, having competed both through school to CHS Level and out of school to National Level, however she felt that there was something greater out there for her and decided that a change was needed.
T36 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. It includes people with cerebral palsy. T36 is used by the International Paralympic Committee. This classification competes at the Paralympic Games.
T1 is a para-cycling classification. It is for athletes with severe locomotive dysfunctions, and insufficient balance to use a regular bicycle. The class includes a number of different disability types including cerebral palsy. The class only competes in road events and uses tricycles.
T2 is a para-cycling classification. The class is for cyclists with more moderate loss of stability and function compared to T1. It includes people with a variety of different types of disabilities including cerebral palsy. This class uses tricycles and competes at the Paralympic Games in road events only and is governed by the by Union Cycliste Internationale.
The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 9–10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.
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 Mixed individual time trial CP 1/CP 2 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 12 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.
