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Born | [1] South Queensferry, Scotland [1] | 24 August 1980 |||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Tandem | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Pilot | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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2009-2013 | City of Edinburgh RC [2] | |||||||||||||||||
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2014– | Team Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Louise Haston (born 24 August 1980) is a Scottish paralympic tandem cyclist, piloting Aileen McGlynn.
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]