Paul Clohessy
Australian Paralympic cyclist
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Paul Clohessy, OAM[1] (born 11 November 1970)[2] is an Australian vision impaired tandem cyclist. He was born in Perth, Western Australia.[2] He represented Australia at the three Paralympic Games - 1992, 1996 and 2000. He was also an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1997 and 2000 in cycling.[3]
Clohessy and his cycling partner Darren Harry on the gold medal podium after winning the Men's Tandem Sprint Open at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Clohessy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paralympics
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He competed but did not win any medals in his first Paralympics Games at the 1992 Barcelona Games.[4] At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem open event with his cycling partner Eddy Hollands.[4] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Sprint Tandem open event with his cycling partner Darren Harry, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open event with Hollands.[4]
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