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| Full name | Darcy Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 1997 South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | C1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Darcy Thompson, is an Australian Paralympic cyclist with cerebral palsy. He won silver and bronze medals at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States.
Thompson was born with cerebral palsy, which affects all four of his limbs as well as his speech. [1] He attended Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. [1]
Prior to taking up cycling, from 2009 to 2013 he was a member of the South Australian 7 a-side Paralympic Football team. [1] He took up cycling in 2013. [2]
At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, he finished fifth in Men's 1 km Time Trial C1 and tenth in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C1. [3]
Thompson won silver medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C1 and bronze medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C1 at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States [4]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, he finished seventh in the Men's Time Trial C1 and seventh in the Men's Road Race C1-3. [5]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Scratch Race C1. [6]
In 2017, he is a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute. [7]
