Teresa Poole

Teresa "Terri" Hilda Poole, OAM^[1] (born 28 January 1964)^[2] is an English-born Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist with a vision impairment. She was born in the English city of Manchester.^[2] She competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games, where she won two gold medals in the Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open and the Women's Kilo Tandem open track cycling events, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.^[1] Her pilot was Sandra Smith. She competed in the Women's 50/60k Tandem open event for road cycling but did not medal.^[3]

FullnameTeresa Hilda Poole

Born (1964-01-28) 28 January 1964 (age 62)
Manchester, United Kingdom

DisciplineTrack & Road

RoleRider

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Teresa Poole

Teresa Poole at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Teresa Hilda Poole
Born	(1964-01-28) 28 January 1964 (age 62) Manchester, United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Medal record Track cycling Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open 1996 Atlanta Women's Kilo Tandem open IPC Track and Road World Championships 1994 Hasselt Women's Time Trial B & VI 1994 Hasselt Women's Individual Pursuit B & VI 1994 Hasselt Women's Sprint B & VI 1994 Hasselt Women's Road Race B & VI

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Poole received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.^[4] In 2001, she held five world records in tandem cycling.^[5] She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1996 and 1997.^[6]

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  Poole and Smith on their way to one of their two gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games