Jon Norfolk

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Jon Norfolk (2012)
Jon Norfolk (2012)
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Full name Jonathan Philip Norfolk
Date of birth March 29, 1975
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline Track cycling
Team (s) as coach
2013–2017
2017–2019
2019– 		Brit. Paracling national
team National team Australia
Brit. National team
Last updated: June 8, 2020

Jonathan Philip Norfolk , MBE (born March 29, 1975 in Keighley ) is a British cycling coach and former track cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2001 and 2002 Jon Norfolk became British Keirin Champion . He also finished third in the 1000 meter time trial in 2001 and became national runner-up in this discipline in 2005.

From 2008, Norfolk drove as a pilot for the visually impaired cyclist Anthony Kappes in paracycling competitions. At the Paracycling Track World Cup in Manchester in May 2008, Kappes and Norfolk beat the duo Simon Jackson and Barney Storey in the sprint and 1000 meter time trial , setting a new world record of 1:02:06 minutes in the time trial.

Work as a trainer

Jon Norfolk then worked as an assistant coach for the British national sprint team. In May 2013 he became the head coach of the British paracycling team. In 2017 he moved to the Australian cycling association Cycling Australia as a coach . In autumn 2019 he returned to the British Cycling Association as a trainer .

Honors

In 2017 Norfolk was named a member of the Order of the British Empire .

successes

2001
  • MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British champion - Keirin
2002
  • MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British champion - Keirin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Hudson: GB cyclists continue medal haul. BBC Sport, May 9, 2008, accessed April 17, 2014 .
  2. ^ Norfolk new para-cycling coach. sport.uk.msn.com, May 9, 2013, accessed April 18, 2014 .
  3. ^ Coach Heiko Salzwedel shown the door in British Cycling shake-up. In: espn.com. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
  4. ↑ ByCycling News: Cycling Australia senior coach Jon Norfolk returns to British Cycling ahead of Olympics. In: cyclingnews.com. October 31, 2019, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  5. ^ The London Gazette (Supplement) no. 61803. p. N22
personal data
SURNAME Norfolk, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Norfolk, Jonathan Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Keighley