Jon-Allan Butterworth

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Jon-Allan Butterworth
Medal record
Men's Para-cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Kilo - C4-5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 4km pursuit - C5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Mixed team sprint
Track World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Montichiari Kilo - C5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Los AngelesKilo - C5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Montichiari Mixed team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 AguascalientesKilo - C5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Montichiari Kilo - C5
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Montichiari Mixed team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Aguascalientes4km pursuit - C5

Jon-Allan Edward Butterworth [1] MBE (born 6 February 1986 in Birmingham) [2] is a British paralympic cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 & 2016 Summer Paralympics. [3]

Butterworth lost his left arm in 2007 in an insurgent rocket attack when serving as a senior aircraftman weapons technician with the Royal Air Force at Basra airbase in Iraq. He had previously served in Afghanistan in 2005. [4]

Butterworth got into cycling by taking part in the first Help for Heroes bike ride in 2008, from there he went on to be recognized as talented at a ParalympicsGB Talent ID day

At London 2012 he won silver medals in the C4-5 kilo, [5] [6] C5 4km individual Pursuit [7] and mixed team sprint. [8] In the kilo, his C5 world record was beaten by Alfonso Cabello. [9]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he finished in 4th place in the C4-5 1k Time trial, and then won Gold with Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe in the C1-5 750m Team Sprint. [10] [11]

Butterworth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [12]

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