| Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| List of cyclists | |||
Road cycling | |||
| Road race | men | women | mixed |
| Time trial | men | women | mixed |
| Team relay | mixed | ||
Track cycling | |||
| Time trial | men | women | |
| Individual pursuit | men | women | |
| Individual sprint | men | ||
| Team sprint | mixed | ||
This is a list of all cyclists who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom.
| Cyclist | Nation | Discipline | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Ablinger |  Austria |  Road cycling | H2 |
| Nestor Ayala Ayala |  Colombia | Road cycling | T2 |
| Quentin Aubague |  France | Road cycling | T1 |
| Nigel Barley |  Australia | Road cycling | H3 |
| Mark Beggs |  Canada | Road cycling | H2 |
| Pascale Bercovitch |  Israel | Road cycling | H4 |
| Joseph Berenyi |  United States | Road cycling | C3 |
 Track cycling | |||
| Arnold Boldt | Canada | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| James Brown |  Ireland | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Roxanne Burns |  South Africa | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Jon-Allan Butterworth |  Great Britain | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Alfonso Cabello |  Spain | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Madre Carinus | South Africa | Road cycling | T2 |
| Daniel Chalifour | Canada | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Miguel Angel Clemente Solano | Spain | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Mark Colbourne | Great Britain | Road cycling | C1 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Carol Cooke | Australia | Road cycling | T2 |
| Jody Cundy | Great Britain | Track cycling | C4 |
| Karen Darke | Great Britain | Road cycling | H2 |
| Marianna Davis | United States | Road cycling | H2 |
| Damien Debeaupuits | France | Road cycling | B |
| Wim Decleir |  Belgium | Road cycling | H4 |
| Yegor Dementyev |  Ukraine | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Tereza Diepoldova |  Czech Republic | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Haki Doku |  Albania | Road cycling | H2 |
| Olivier Donval | France | Road cycling | B |
| Hans-Peter Durst |  Germany | Road cycling | T2 |
| Maurice Eckhard Tió | Spain | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Wolfgang Eibeck | Austria | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Andrea Eskau | Germany | Road cycling | H4 |
| Christoph Etzlstorfer | Austria | Road cycling | H1 |
| Neil Fachie | Great Britain | Track cycling | B |
| Tobias Fankhauser |  Switzerland | Road cycling | H1 |
| Giorgio Farroni |  Italy | Road cycling | T2 |
| Heinz Frei | Switzerland | Road cycling | H2 |
| Lassane Gasbeogo |  Burkina Faso | Road cycling | H4 |
| Kathrin Goeken |  Netherlands | Road cycling | B |
| Soelito Gohr |  Brazil | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Sandra Graf | Switzerland | Road cycling | H3 |
| Tobias Graf | Germany | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Phillipa Gray |  New Zealand | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Nati Groberg | Israel | Road cycling | H4 |
| Liang Guihua |  China | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Henrike Handrup | Germany | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Anna Harkowska |  Poland | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Masashi Ishii |  Japan | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Morten Jahr |  Norway | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Dax Jaikel |  Costa Rica | Road cycling | C4 |
| Vladislav Janovjak |  Slovakia | Road cycling | B |
| Joël Jeannot | France | Road cycling | H3 |
| Bernd Jeffre | Germany | Road cycling | H3 |
| Jiří Ježek | Czech Republic | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Anthony Kappes | Great Britain | Track cycling | B |
| Krzysztof Kosikowski | Poland | Road cycling | B |
| Robert Labbe | Canada | Road cycling | H1 |
| Mark Ledo | Canada | Road cycling | H3 |
| Gaysli Leon |  Haiti | Road cycling | H3 |
| Bryce Lindores | Australia | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Koby Lion | Israel | Road cycling | H1 |
| Edward Maalouf |  Lebanon | Road cycling | H2 |
| Aileen McGlynn | Great Britain | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Shaun McKeown | Great Britain | Road cycling | C3 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Vico Merklein | Germany | Road cycling | H3 |
| Kieran Modra | Australia | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Rachel Morris | Great Britain | Road cycling | H3 |
| Alberto Lujan Nattkemper |  Argentina | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Jaco Nel | South Africa | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Kadidia Nikiema | Burkina Faso | Road cycling | H3 |
| Carol-Eduard Novak |  Romania | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Jarmo Ollanketo |  Finland | Road cycling | B |
| Rinne Oost | Netherlands | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Aitor Oroza Flores | Spain | Road cycling | T1 |
| Tatsuyuki Oshiro | Japan | Track cycling | B |
| Jayme Paris | Australia | Road cycling | C1 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Steven Peace | United States | Road cycling | T2 |
| Anthony Pedeferri | United States | Road cycling | H1 |
| Milan Petrovic |  Serbia | Road cycling | B |
| Ivano Pizzi | Italy | Road cycling | B |
| Vittorio Podestà | Italy | Road cycling | H2 |
| Jose Enrique Porto Lareo | Spain | Road cycling | B |
| Susan Powell | Australia | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Clark Rachfal | United States | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Koen Reyserhove | Belgium | Road cycling | C4 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Mark Rohan | Ireland | Road cycling | H1 |
| Anita Ruetz | Austria | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Wolfgang Schattauer | Austria | Road cycling | H1 |
| Alan Schmidt |  Denmark | Road cycling | T1 |
| Zeng Sini | China | Road cycling | C2 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Enda Smyth | Ireland | Road cycling | C3 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Fiona Southorn | New Zealand | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Christos Stefanakis |  Greece | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| David Stone | Great Britain | Road cycling | T2 |
| Sarah Storey | Great Britain | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Michael Teuber | Germany | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Sara Tretola | Switzerland | Road cycling | C5 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Matthew Updike | United States | Road cycling | H2 |
| Christian Venge | Spain | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Gerhard Viljoen | South Africa | Road cycling | T2 |
| David Vondracek | Czech Republic | Road cycling | T2 |
| Mohd Khairul Hazwan Wahab |  Malaysia | Road cycling | B |
| Catherine Walsh | Ireland | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Robbi Weldon | Canada | Road cycling | B |
| Track cycling | |||
| Rafal Wilk | Poland | Road cycling | H3 |
| Erich Winkler | Germany | Road cycling | C1 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Anthony Zahn | United States | Road cycling | C1 |
| Track cycling | |||
| Alessandro Zanardi | Italy | Road cycling | H4 |
| Li Zhang Yu | China | Road cycling | C1 |
| Track cycling | |||
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