Simone Kennedy (cyclist)
English-born Australian cyclist
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Simone Kennedy (born 4 January 1994) is an Australian cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the individual pursuit C1-3. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1994 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Parramatta Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal
Kennedy was born on 4 January 1994 in London, England.[2] She has cerebral palsy which affects the left side of her body.[3][4] She attended Tara Anglican School for Girls and she credits the teachers at the school in encouraging her to become involved in disability sport.[5] In 2016, she is studying a Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Administration at the Australian College of Physical Education in Sydney.
Cycling
Kennedy is a C3 classified cyclist.[2][4] She is a member of the Parramatta Cycling Club.
Kennedy started cycling when she was a fifteen-year-old.[2] In 2012, she participated her first major international competition when she cycled in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where she finished first in the C3 500-metre time trial and 3-kilometre individual pursuit.[3][6] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling's 3 km pursuit, the 500m time trial and two road roads.[4][7][8] In the lead up to the Paralympics, she participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.[9][10][11]
At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes in Mexico, she won bronze medals in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3 and Women's 500m Time Trial C3.[12]
Kennedy repeated her 2014 medal results at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Appledorn in Netherlands by winning bronze medals in the Women's 500m Time Trial C3 and Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3.[13][14]
At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships Nottwil, Switzerland, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3.[15] and Women's Road Race C3.[16]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she competed in four events. Her best results were eight in the Women's individual pursuit C1-3 and Women's road race C1-3.[17]
Kennedy won the gold medal in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Los Angeles, United States.[18]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, she finished fifth in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C1-3.[19] In 2016, she is a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[20]
