David Stone (cyclist)

David Stone
MBE

Personal information
Full name	David Robert Stone [1]
Nationality	English and British
Born	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 44) Birmingham
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Event(s)	Road Race and Time Trial
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Road Race CP1/3 2008 Beijing Time Trial CP1/3 2012 London Mixed road race T 1–2 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race T 1–2 2012 London Mixed Time Trial T 1–2 2016 Rio de Janeiro Time trial T 1–2 World Paracycling Championships 2005 Team Sprint 2006 Road Race 2006 Time Trial 2007 Road Race 2007 Time Trial 2010 Road Race 2010 Time Trial 2013 Road Race 2009 Time Trial 2011 Time Trial 2013 Time Trial 2014 Road Race 2016 Road Race 2005 Road Race 2005 Time Trial 2014 Time Trial

David Robert Stone, MBE (born 30 April 1981) is a British para-cyclist.

Stone specialises in the Road Race and Time Trial events, winning gold medals in both events at Paralympic and World Championship level. In the 2009 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). ^[2]

Early life

David was born in Birmingham in 1981. He started cycling aged 8, and competed in his first race aged 15, when he was spotted by the manager of the Great Britain team.

Disability

David suffers from cerebral palsy. ^[2] He has described cycling as an outlet of frustration, and a source of freedom and enjoyment. ^[3]

Competition record

Competition	Event	Result	Medal
2000 Sydney Paralympics [3]	Road Race	7th place
	Time Trial	7th place
2005 World Paracycling Championships [3]	Team Sprint	1st Place
	Road Race	3rd Place
	Time Trial	3rd Place
2006 World Paracycling Championships [4]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2007 World Paracycling Championships [5]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2008 Beijing Paralympics [6]	Road Race CP1/3	1st Place
	Time Trial CP1/3	1st Place
2009 World Paracycling Championships [7]	Time Trial	2nd Place
2010 World Paracycling Championships [8]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	1st Place
2011 World Paracycling Championships [9]	Road Race	4th place
	Time Trial	2nd Place
2012 London Paralympics [10]	Road Race	1st Place
	Mixed Time Trial T 1–2	3rd Place
2013 World Paracycling Championships [11]	Road Race	1st Place
	Time Trial	2nd Place
2014 World Paracycling Championships	Road Race	2nd Place [12]
	Time Trial	3rd Place [13]
2016 World Paracycling Championships	Road Race	2nd Place
	Time Trial	4th place

See also

• 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes

References

1. "Yoga cradle lends hand for big day". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
2. "Cycling star Stone collects MBE". news.bbc.co.uk. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
3. "BBC Wales - Colin Jackson's Raise Your Game - Heroes - David Stone". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
4. "British Cycling Annual Report 2006" (PDF). www.britishcycling.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
5. "British Cycling Annual Report 2007" (PDF). www.britishcycling.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
6. "British Cycling Annual Report 2008" (PDF). www.britishcycling.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
7. "British Cycling Annual Report 2009" (PDF). www.britishcycling.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
8. "British Cycling Annual Report 2010" (PDF). www.britishcycling.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
9. "Reports and Results". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
10. "London 2012". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
11. "Union Cycliste Internationale". www.uci.ch. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
12. "Para-Cycling: David Stone & Karen Darke add to GB medal tally". BBC. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
13. "Para-Cycling: Karen Darke & David Stone among medals for GB". BBC. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.