![]() Barrow during the 2024 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felix Barrow (born 18 August 2004) is a British Para-cyclist.
Growing up, Barrow was a swimmer and triathlete for the Chapel TriStars junior triathlon club. [1]
Barrow made his international debut for Great Britain at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a bronze medal in the time trial T2 event. [2] [3] He again represented Great Britain at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial T2 event with a time of 16:28.66, finishing 34.84 seconds ahead of silver medalist Tim Celen. [4]
In October 2015 Barrow was hit by a car while walking to Swanmore College. His injuries included a broken leg and a dislocated elbow, knee and ankle, and a traumatic brain injury which affects his speech. [5] He was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital and spent four weeks in the intensive care unit in an induced coma, followed by four weeks in the high-dependency unit. [6]