Helen Scott (cyclist)

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Helen Scott
MBE
Helen Scott.jpg
Scott wearing her medals after the 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameHelen Sarah Scott [1]
NicknameScottie
Born (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34)
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Team information
Current teamBoot Out Breast Cancer
DisciplineTandem
RolePilot
Rider typeSprint
Professional team
2010–Great Britain Paracycling Team
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Tandem B kilo
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Tandem B pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B pursuit
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 ApeldoornTandem B kilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 ApeldoornTandem B sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Rio de JaneiroTandem B kilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Rio de JaneiroTandem B sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Montichiari Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Los Angeles Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Los Angeles Tandem B pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Los Angeles Tandem B sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Montichiari Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 MontichiariTandem B sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Los Angeles Tandem B sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Los Angeles Tandem B kilo
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Tandem B sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Glasgow Tandem B kilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Tandem B sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Gold Coast Tandem B kilo

Helen Sarah Scott, MBE (born 25 July 1990) [2] is an English sprint cyclist. As well as competing as part of the Great Britain team Scott is also an able-bodied tandem cyclist, who since 2011 has acted as pilot for Paralympian Aileen McGlynn, Sophie Thornhill and Alison Patrick.

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Biography

Scott was born in Birmingham, England in 1990. [3] A keen sportsperson from a young age, her interest in cycling was sparked when her parents moved to Halesowen when she was 10, with Scott joining the local cycling club. Scott was accepted into University of Birmingham to study a degree in Sport, PE and Coaching Science in 2008. She only spent two weeks in Birmingham, leaving after being informed that she had been offered a place at British Cycling's Sprint Academy. [2]

As a member of the Sprint Academy, Scott represented the British team at national level. In 2009, she was part of the winning women's Team Sprint at the National Track Championships. [2] In 2010 Scott joined the GB Para-Cycling Team, and was given the role of pilot to three-time Paralympic gold medalist Aileen McGlynn. In 2011 the two competed in the B1km Time Trial at the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy taking silver. They followed this in 2012 by entering the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships held in Los Angeles in the United States. They took three silver medals at the Championships, in B3km Pursuit silver, B1km Time Trial and B Sprint. [2]

Scott took part in her first Summer Paralympic Games in 2012, again partnered with McGlynn. The pair entered both the Women's 1 km time trial B and the Women's individual pursuit B. In the time trial, Scott and McGlynn, took to the velodrome as the penultimate racers and posted the fastest time with 1.09.469; only for the current World Champions, Australia's Felicity Johnson and Stephanie Morton to record a Paralympic record of 1:08.919 in the last trial, leaving Scott and McGlynn with the silver medal. [4] In the individual pursuit Scott and McGlynn finished third in the preliminaries, setting them up for a bronze medal decider with British team-mates Lora Turnham and her pilot Fiona Duncan. Scott and McGlynn finished a second quicker, taking the bronze medal, their second medal of the games. [5]

Scott teamed up with Sophie Thornhill for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The pair won gold in the visually impaired tandem sprint when they defeated McGlynn and Louise Haston of Scotland 2–0 in the final [6] and followed it up with a second gold in the kilo time trial. [7]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics Scott and Thornhill won gold in the 1km time trial B [8] and bronze in the individual pursuit B. [9]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [10]

Scott reunited with McGlynn for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where the pair won the silver medal in the 1km time trial B. [11]

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