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| Full name | Mark Bristow | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1962-07-08) 8 July 1962 (age 62) England Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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Mark Bristow MBE (born 8 July 1962) is an English paralympic cyclist. Born in Nazeing near Waltham Abbey, Essex, Bristow currently resides in Sacramento, California. He took up the sport of disability cycling after being injured in a bike crash in San Francisco in September 1997. Bristow's is a computer administrator, and is related to the darts player Eric Bristow.
Bristow was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to disabled sport in the 2009 New Years Honours.
References
- "Mark Bristow Bio". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008.
- "Athlete Biography - BRISTOW Mark". Beijing Paralympics official website. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008.
- "Paralympic Cycling Profiles". The British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- "Hoy knighted in New Year honours". BBC Sport. 31 December 2008.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- Paralympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- People from Epping Forest District
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cycling