Neil Fachie
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Full name | Neil Fachie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aberdeen, Scotland | 12 March 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Aberdeen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2008 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Michael Fachie
Career history
Fachie was born in
The strength Fachie had built up during his time as a sprinter was instrumental in impressing the Great Britain cycle coaches.[2] By September 2008 he was training with the GB Para-Cycling Team and was part of the team by April the following year.[2] In 2009 he entered the Para-Cycling Track World Championships, with Barney Storey as his pilot. The two took the Gold in both the Kilo and Sprint, setting a new world record in the Kilo. In 2011 Fachie travelled to Montichiari, Italy to compete in his second Para-Cycling Track World Championships. This time paired with Craig MacLean, he again achieved gold in both the Kilo and Sprint, setting a new world record in the Sprint.[2]
Fachie entered his third Para-Cycling Track World Championships, this time held in Los Angeles, USA. His pilot in America again was Storey, who would team up with Fachie at the
Fachie was appointed
Fachie teamed up with
Fachie reunited with Craig MacLean for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the pairing won double gold in the kilo time trial and sprint B tandem.[9][10]
Fachie, piloted by
At the
He was appointed
In 2022 Neil Fachie won Scotland's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in the tandem 1 km time trial B event.[14] He also won a silver medal in the tandem sprint B event.[15]
Personal life
He is married to visually impaired English racing cyclist Lora Fachie.[16]
See also
- 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ "Neil Fachie". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Neil Fachie". Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Paralympics 2012: Fachie & Storey win tandem gold". BBC Sport. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
- ^ "NY13-London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "HRH The Duchess of Rothesay joins University 'family'". University of Aberdeen.
- ^ McDaid, David (12 April 2014). "Para-cycling Track Championships 2014: GB win two gold medals". BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ McDaid, David (14 April 2014). "Para-cycling Track Championships 2014: Storey wins second gold". BBC. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: Fachie & Maclean land cycling gold for Scotland". BBC. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: Second gold for Neil Fachie and Craig Maclean". BBC. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scot Neil Fachie wins historic fourth gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 1000m Time Trial – Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 28 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B12.
- ^ "Fachie wins gold as Kenny helps England to bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Wales' Ball beats Fachie to tandem sprint gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Fachie puts child plans on hold for Paras". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
External links
- Neil Fachie at the International Paralympic Committee
- Neil Fachie at the British Paralympic Association
- Neil Fachie at Team Scotland
- Neil Fachie at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games