Justin Grace

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Justin Grace Road cycling
Justin Grace (2018)
Justin Grace (2018)
To person
Date of birth September 9, 1970
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
discipline Track cycling (short term)
End of career 2007
Team (s) as coach
2008–2013
2013–2015
2015–2019 		National team New Zealand
National team France
National team Great Britain

Justin Grace (born September 9, 1970 in Calgary , Canada ) is a former New Zealand track cyclist , cycling trainer and cycling official.

Athletic career

Justin Grace began cycling in his native Canada at the age of twelve and eventually became a member of the national team. Due to a life-threatening illness, he had to give up cycling first. After moving to New Zealand, he took up cycling again.

In 2003 Justin Grace was a two-time New Zealand champion, in sprint and keirin ; in the 1000 meter time trial , he took third place. In 2006 he again won two national titles, in the sprint and in the team sprint , together with Neil Campbell and Andy Williams . Also in 2007 he achieved a double success at national track championships, when he was champion in the sprint and time trial, in the team sprint he was runner-up. In total, he won 13 national titles. In 2002 and 2006 , Grace started at the Commonwealth Games , but without medal success.

Professional

After retiring from active cycling, Grace became a short-term trainer in track cycling and coached the New Zealand national team for five years. In June 2013, he became the first non-French player and the successor to long-time coach Florian Rousseau to take up his position as a sprint coach for the French national team. At the beginning of 2015, Grace switched to British Cycling as a trainer because working in France was proving difficult for a “foreign” trainer. In 2019, Grace was replaced as sprint coach in Great Britain in order to be responsible for the development of athletes and coaches at a higher level in the future.

Miscellaneous

In November 2016, Grace, who has had liver problems since childhood , had an organ transplant . Even as a young man he had to undergo a life-saving bowel operation. Since then, he has started at the British Transplant Games several times, calling for organ donations in this context.

successes

2003
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Champion - Sprint, Keirin
2006
2007
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand champion - sprint, 1000 meter time trial

Web links

  • Justin Grace in the Radsportseiten.net database
  • Justin Grace. In: New Zealand Olympic Team. December 5, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Justin Grace on cyclismactu.net v. June 12, 2013 (French).
  2. ↑ Justin Grace. In: thecgf.com. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  3. ^ Ed Hood: Justin Grace - Kiwi Coach Switches from Team France to Team GB. In: VeloVeritas. February 3, 2015, accessed April 15, 2017 .
  4. ^ British Cycling announce shake-up of sprint coaching team. In: skysports.com. February 19, 2015, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Tess Nichol: Kiwi cycling coach Justin Grace dodges death a second time. In: NZ Herald News. November 26, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Tess Nichol: Olympic cycling coach back on the bike after life saving surgery. In: nzherald.co.nz. October 28, 2017, accessed July 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Grace, Justin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand track cyclist and cycling trainer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary