Anthony Kappes

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Anthony Kappes
MBE
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Kappes
Born (1973-03-01) 1 March 1973 (age 53)
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Team information
DisciplineTrack & Road
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Men's track cycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Kilo (B&VI 1–3)
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Sprint (B&VI 1–3)
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Sprint (B&VI 1–3)

Anthony Edward Kappes MBE (born 1 March 1973) is an English road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian.

Biography

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Born in Stockport, Cheshire,[1] Kappes is partially sighted and competes in the B&VI 1–3 class.[2]

He is the current World record holder for 200 metres, along with his pilot Barney Storey. Storey and Kappes became the first Paralympic team to hold the able-bodied British National Tandem Sprint Championships title in 2006.[3]

Kappes, began working with a new tandem pilot internationally in 2008, Jon Norfolk sacrificed his career as a member of Great Britain's able-bodied squad in order to work with Paralympians, and had to take a three-year break from competition in order to qualify. Kappes and Norfolk beat Simon Jackson and Storey to win the sprint and kilo (Achieving Worlds Best - 1.02.06) events at the 2008 VISA Paralympic World Cup.[4]

Riding with Storey once more at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Kappes won gold at the Kilo and the Sprint.[5]

Kappes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to disabled sport.[6]

Palmarès

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See also

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References

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