Louise Haston

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Louise Haston
Personal information
Born (1980-08-24) 24 August 1980 (age 44) [1]
South Queensferry, Scotland [1]
Team information
DisciplineTandem
RolePilot
Rider typeSprint
Amateur team
2009-2013City of Edinburgh RC [2]
Professional team
2014–Team Scotland
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Women's track cycling
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Sprint (B&VI)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Kilo (B&VI)

Louise Haston (born 24 August 1980) is a Scottish paralympic tandem cyclist, piloting Aileen McGlynn.

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Biography

Haston originally took part in athletics, but following a knee injury in 2009, [3] decided to switch to cycling in 2009, through the gold4glasgow programme. [2] Since then, she has gone on to represent Great Britain at a World Cup event and world championships, piloting a tandem with both Aileen McGlynn and Lora Turnham. [2]

Haston represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, piloting McGlynn to win the silver medal in both tandem sprint and tandem kilo in Glasgow, 2014. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Louise Haston: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rider Profile: Louise Hatson". British Cycling. 20 February 2013.
  3. "Endorsements: Louise Haston". Team Ionic. 9 January 2014.
  4. "Glasgow 2014: McGlynn and Haston take silver for Scotland". BBC Sport. 27 July 2014.