David Nicholas

For other people named David Nicholas, see David Nicholas (disambiguation).
David Nicholas

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Nicholas
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1991-12-01) 1 December 1991
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Cycling
Disability class C3
Medal record
Cycling
Paralympic Games
2012 London Men's Individual Road Time Trial C3
2016 Rio Men's 3km Individual Pursuit C3
2012 London Men's Individual C1–3 Road Race
Para-cycling Road Championships
2011 Roskilde Men's Individual Time Trial C3
2011 Roskilde Men's Road Race C3
2013 Baie-Comeau Men's Individual Time Trial C3
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
2014 Aguascalientes Men's 3km Individual Pursuit C3
2016 Montichiari Men's 3km Individual Pursuit C3

David Nicholas, OAM (born 1 December 1991) is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Personal

David Aron Nicholas was born on 1 December 1991 in Rockhampton.[2][3] He has cerebral palsy.[4] Other sports he participates include karate.[5] As of 2016, he lives in the Queensland town of Proserpine.[2][6] where he works as IT Support Officer at Whitsunday Regional Council. [2]

Cycling

Nicholas at the 2012 London Paralympics

Nicholas is a C3 classified cyclist who competes in road and track events.[2] At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Roskilde, Denmark, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and silver medal in the Men's Road Race C3.[2] In 2012, he participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where he finished first in the C3 3 km individual pursuit.[4][7] In the lead up to the 2012 London Paralympics, he participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.[8][9][10] At the games, Nicholas won a gold medal in the Men's Individual C 3 Road Time Trial and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual C1–3 Road Race.[11] He also participated in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C1–3, Men's Individual Pursuit C3 and Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events.[11]

Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships, Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial C3.[12] At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 3km Individual Pursuit C3. [13]

At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships Nottwil, Switzerland, he finished seventh in the Men's Time Trial C3 and Men's Road Race C3. [14] [15]

Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He set a Paralympic record of 3:32.336 in qualifying for the gold medal race.[16] His other results were fourth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and sixth in the Mixed Sprint.[17]

He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[3] In November 2016, he was awarded Cycling Australia's Male Elite Para-Cyclist.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Paralympic Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Nicholas". Cycling.org.au. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 Charlie Payne (14 June 2012). "Nicholas rides his way to London". Mackay Daily Mercury. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "David Nicholas". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Kay, Ross (9 August 2012). "Who are our Queensland Paralympians?". ABC Wide Bay Qld - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Para-Cyclones Golden Finish to Worlds Campaign". International Business Times. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  8. ↑ Nigel Wynn (19 July 2012). "GB and Australian Paralympic squads warm up at Blenheim Palace". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Preview: Bike Blenheim Palace". Britishcycling.org.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  10. ↑ Harker, Jonathon. "Team GB and Australia's Paralympians heading to Bike Blenheim Palace". BikeBiz. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  11. 1 2 Results for David Nicholas from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Para-cyling Road World Championships -Results". UCI Website. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation". Cycling Australia News. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 2 August. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cycling results". Rio Paralympics Official website. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "David Nicholas". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "#OPPYMEDAL MATHEW HAYMAN CROWNED 2016 AUSTRALIAN CYCLIST OF THE YEAR". Cycling Australia website. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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