Grant Allen (cyclist)
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1980 Auburn, South Australia | |||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||
| Disability class | H4 | |||||||||||
| Club | Port Adelaide Cycling Club | |||||||||||
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Grant Allen (born 24 July 1980) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]
Allen was born 24 July 1980 in Auburn, South Australia, where he grew up on a small farm.[2] He moved to Adelaide after finishing high school and started working in a bike shop, extending his riding experience to mountain bikes. He travelled overseas to work with bike brands shooting parts for mountain bike films and competing in events such as the Red Bull Rampage in the Utah desert.[2] In preparation for 2011 Red Bull Rampage whilst training he overshot a large jump and crashed, suffering a spinal cord injury.[2][3]