Katie-George Dunlevy

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Katie-George Dunlevy Road cycling
Katie-George Dunlevy (r.) Behind pilot Eve McCrystal
Katie-George Dunlevy (r.) Behind pilot Eve McCrystal
To person
Date of birth November 26, 1981
nation IrelandIreland Ireland
discipline Paracycling (B): rail / road
Most important successes
Summer Paralympics
2016 Gold medal Paralympics.svg - individual time trial
2016 Silver medal Paralympics.svg - road racing
Last updated: November 7, 2019

Katie-George Dunlevy (born November 26, 1981 in Crawley , United Kingdom ) is an Irish paracycler .

Athletic career

When Katie-George Dunlevy was 11 years old, she was diagnosed with retinopathia pigmentosa , a progressive genetic retinal degeneration . She is visually impaired with ten percent eyesight.

Dunlevy began her athletic career as a pararuder for the UK. In 2004 and 2005 she became world champion in the LTAMix4 + class (mixed foursome with helmsman / woman). But she could not qualify for the 2011 World Rowing Championships or the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London . As a result, she was suggested by the sports director of the Irish Cycling Federation, Brian Nugent , to switch to cycling and to start for the country of birth of her father, who comes from Donegal, Ireland .

Katie-George has been racing as a paracycler (class B) on the tandem , on track and road since 2013 . Together with her pilot Eve McCrystal , she has since won numerous medals at world rail and road championships . Her greatest achievement was two medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , when she won gold in the individual time trial and silver in the road race.

successes

Street

2014
2016
2017
2018
2019

train

2015
2018
2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Katie-George Dunlevy. In: sportendorse.com. September 4, 2012, accessed November 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dunlevy, Katie-George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish paracycler
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Crawley