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| Born | 4 December 1978 Portishead, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| –2021 | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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William Bjergfelt (born 4 December 1978) is a British cyclist who competes in road and track events. In para-cycling, he has won a medal in the Track and UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. He rode for the UCI Continental team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling. [1]
William Bjergfelt was born in Portishead, Somerset, England on 4 December 1978. In 2015, Bjergfelt was in a head-on collision that shattered his right leg in to 25 pieces. This leg was constructed using three titanium plates. [2]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Bjergfelt won the silver medal in Men's Scratch Race C5, finishing behind Alistair Donohoe. [3] In 2021, he became the first para-cyclist to compete in the Tour of Britain. [4] [2] After a two-year hiatus, Bjergfelt returned to para-cycling and won his first road race in the World Cup, which took place in the Ostend round. [5] At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, he won the gold medal in the road race. [6]
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