Colin Lynch

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colin Lynch Road cycling
To person
Date of birth December 16, 1970
nation IrelandIreland Ireland
discipline Paracycling (C2)
End of career 2019
Most important successes
Paralympics
2016 Silver medal Paralympics.svg - individual time trial
Paracycling track world championships
2012 World Champion - individual pursuit
World Paracycling Road Championships
2011 World Champion - individual time trial
Last updated: October 2, 2019

Colin Lynch (born December 16, 1970 in Singapore ) is a former Irish paracycler in class C2.

Athletic career

Colin Lynch was born in Singapore; his father was Irish, his mother English. The family lived in England until he was four, then emigrated to Canada, where Lynch lived for 30 years. He worked as a graphic designer for 20 years .

Colin Lynch was injured playing soccer at the age of 16. He did not go to the doctor, later it turned out that a tumor had formed on the spinal cord. Lynch lost sensation in his legs and after lengthy treatments his left leg had to be amputated below the knee. In 2007 he started cycling, mainly to lose weight; in three months he lost over 30 kilograms. When he saw the success of the British team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics on television, he “saw the light” and decided to start competitive cycling. For this, Lynch, who had lived in Canada for many years , contacted the Irish Cycling Federation; his father was Irish by birth. In 2009 he was the Disability Coordinator for British Cycling . In 2011, Lynch, who appeared on quiz shows and as a stand-up comedian , won £ 74,000 on the UK game show PokerFace , which helped fund his cycling career .

In the same year Lynch won his first gold medal in the individual time trial at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships , and the following year he became world champion in the single pursuit . He started at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and finished fourth in the single pursuit on the track and in the time trial on the road. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics , he won the silver medal in the individual time trial.

On October 1, 2016 Colin Lynch set the first hour record in the history of paracycling. In the Manchester Velodrome , he covered 41.133 kilometers in one hour. He had already made a record attempt the year before, but it failed due to a defective wheel. In the following year he was elected to the athletes' commission of the Paracycler of the World Cycling Association UCI together with Sarah Storey .

At the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships 2018 in Maniago , Italy , Lynch was unable to achieve the goals he had set himself (19th in the road race, 12th in the individual time trial). He left the team and coach without saying goodbye. As a result, his latent depression broke out, which he attributes to difficult family circumstances in his childhood and his amputation, and he was at risk of suicide . In March 2019, he announced his retirement from competitive cycling because his health had deteriorated.

successes

2011
2012
2013
2014
2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paralympic cyclist seeks funding for new leg for Rio 2016. In: - Cycling Weekly. May 28, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c Colin Lynch: Let's start with some background info - my journey to the Paralympics. In: road.cc. October 15, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Eoin O'Callaghan: 'I'm really uncomfortable in my own skin, with my disabilities and putting them out there for the world to see'. In: the42.ie. October 2, 2019, accessed October 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Colin Lynch - Velonode. In: velonode.cc. August 3, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  5. ^ Matt Keough: Irish Paralympic cyclist appeals for new leg. In: irishcentral.com. May 16, 2015, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  6. ^ Liam Morgan: Lynch makes history by setting first-ever UCI Para-cycling hour record. In: Inside the Games. October 2, 2016, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  7. ^ Eisel and Vos elected to UCI Athletes' Commission as road representatives. In: insidethegames.biz. September 25, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  8. ^ Colin Lynch Announces Retirement. In: Paralympics Ireland. March 21, 2019, accessed October 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lynch, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish paracycler
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore