Louise Haston

Louise Haston
Personal information
Born (1980-08-24) 24 August 1980[1]
South Queensferry, Scotland[1]
Team information
Discipline Tandem
Role Pilot
Rider type Sprint
Amateur team(s)
  City of Edinburgh RC[2]
Professional team(s)
2014– Team Scotland
Infobox last updated on
01 August 2014

Louise Haston (born 24 August 1980) is a Scottish paralympic tandem cyclist, piloting Aileen McGlynn.

Biography

Haston originally took part in athletics, but following a knee injury in 2009,[3] decided to switch to cycling in 2009, through the gold4glasgow programme.[2] Since then, she has gone on to represent Great Britain at a World Cup event and world championships, piloting a tandem with both Aileen McGlynn and Lora Turnham.[2]

Haston represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, piloting McGlynn to win the silver medal in both tandem sprint and tandem kilo in Glasgow, 2014.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Louise Haston: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rider Profile: Louise Hatson". British Cycling. 2013-02-20.
  3. "Endorsements: Louise Haston". Team Ionic. 2014-01-09.
  4. "Glasgow 2014: McGlynn and Haston take silver for Scotland". BBC Sport:. 2014-07-27.
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