Jon Norfolk
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jonathan Philip Norfolk |
Born | Keighley, West Yorkshire, England | 29 March 1975
Team information | |
Discipline | Track Cycling |
Role | Sprint Coach |
Professional team | |
Great Britain Cycling Team |
Jonathan Philip Norfolk MBE (born 29 March 1975) is a Great Britain track cycling national sprint coach, and an ex international cyclist.
Biography
Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, Jon Norfolk now lives in Cheshire and is the Great Britain Paracycling Head Coach, formally Assistant National Sprint Coach to the Great Britain Cycling Team.
He gained selection onto the
Following 2 years of training and unofficially breaking world records in the kilo (1.02.0) and sprint 200m TT (10.20) Kappes and Norfolk broke the world record in the kilo (B/VI class) with a time of 1:02.008 and beat
Since switching to a coaching role, Jon has coached sprint athletes through the Great Britain Olympic Development and Academy Programmes and works with the GB podium athletes in training and competitions including Worlds Cups, Beijing Paralympics and the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
In addition to his coaching role, Jon has presented in schools, community projects and has worked with corporate clients & media groups including the BBC (Blue Peter), BBC Radio commentary and Lloyds Banking Group.
Norfolk was appointed
Palmarès
Able-bodied competition
- 2001
- 1st British National Track Championships
- 3rd Kilo, British National Track Championships
- 2002
- 1st British National Track Championships
- 2nd Tandem Sprint, British National Track Championships (with Ian George)
- 2005
- 2nd Kilo, British National Track Championships
- 2007
- 3rd Team Sprint, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Tandem Sprint, British National Track Championships (with Anthony Kappes)
As a tandem pilot
- 2008
- 1st Kilo, VISA Paralympic World Cup (with Anthony Kappes)
- 1st Sprint, VISA Paralympic World Cup (with Anthony Kappes)
References
- ^ Elizabeth Hudson (25 March 2008). "Tandem pairing ready for action". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
- ^ Elizabeth Hudson (9 May 2008). "GB cyclists continue medal haul". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
- ^ Paul Carter. "GB's gold haul". Disability now. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
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