David Nicholas

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David Nicholas
File:XXXX15 - David Nicholas - 3b - 2016 Team processing.jpg
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Nicholas
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1991-12-01) 1 December 1991 (age 34)
Perth, Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC3
Medal record
Men's para cycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Road time trial C3
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 3km individual pursuit C3
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Individual C1–3 road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 3km individual pursuit C3
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Roskilde Individual time trial C3
Silver medal – second place 2011 Roskilde Road race C3
Gold medal – first place 2013 Baie-Comeau Individual time trial C3
Gold medal – first place 2019 Emmen Individual time trial C3
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Carson 3km individual pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place 2017 Los Angeles 3km Individual Pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio Individual pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn 3km individual pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Scratch race C3
Gold medal – first place 2020 Milton 3km individual pursuit C3
Silver medal – second place 2012 Carson 1km time trial C3
Silver medal – second place 2016 Montichiari 3km individual pursuit C3
Silver medal – second place 2017 Los Angeles 1km Time Trial C3
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes 3km individual pursuit C3
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Los Angeles Scratch race C1-3
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium C3
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Individual pursuit C3

David Nicholas, OAM (born 1 December 1991) is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1][2]

Personal

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David Aron Nicholas was born on 1 December 1991 in Rockhampton.[3][4] He has cerebral palsy.[5] Other sports he participates include karate.[6] As of 2016 he lived in the Queensland town of Proserpine.[3][7] where he worked as IT Support Officer at Whitsunday Regional Council.[3]

Nicholas now lives in Bathurst NSW, where he lives with his fiancé Emilie Miller, herself an accomplished international athlete.[8]

Cycling

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Nicholas at the 2012 London Paralympics

Nicholas is a C3 classified cyclist who competes in road and track events.[3] At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Roskilde, Denmark, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and silver medal in the Men's Road Race C3.[3] In 2012, he participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where he finished first in the C3 3 km individual pursuit.[5][9] In the lead up to the 2012 London Paralympics, he participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.[10][11][12] At the games, Nicholas won a gold medal in the Men's Individual C 3 Road Time Trial and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual C1–3 Road Race.[13] He also participated in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C1–3, Men's Individual Pursuit C3 and Mixed Team Sprint C1–5 events.[13]

Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships, Baie-Comeau, Canada, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Time Trial C3.[14] At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3.[15]

At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships Nottwil, Switzerland, he finished seventh in the Men's Time Trial C3 and Men's Road Race C3.[16][17]

Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He set a Paralympic record of 3:32.336 in qualifying for the gold medal race.[18] His other results were fourth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3 and sixth in the Mixed Sprint.[19]

At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States, Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3, a silver medal in Men's 1 km Time Trial C3 and a bronze medal in the Men's Scratch Race C1-3.[20]

At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, he finished ninth in the Men's Time Trial C3 and 13th in the Men's Road Race C1-3.[21]

At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nicholas won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3.

At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won the gold medal in the Men's 3 km Pursuit C3[22]

Nicholas won a third straight world crown in C3 individual pursuit category at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[23] He also won the gold medal in the Men's Scratch Race C3 and finished third in the Omnium Test Event C3.[24]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and tenth in the Men's Road Race C3.[25]

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Ontario, he won the gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit C3 and finished sixth in the Men's Scratch Race C3.[26]

Nicholas won his fourth Paralympic medal, in winning the bronze medal in the Men's 3km Pursuit C3 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics with a time of 3:25.877.[27] He finished 18th in the Men's Road Race C1–3 and eighth in the Men's Road Time Trial C3.[28]


At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, he won the bronze medal in Men's Omnium C4.[29]

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he finished fourth in both the Men's Time Trial and Individual Pursuit C3 events.[30]

Recognition

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He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[4] In November 2016, he was awarded the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association Sporting Wheelie of The Year.[31] He was awarded Cycling Australia's Male Elite Para-Cyclist for 2016 and 2017.[32][33] In November 2017, he was awarded Queensland Sport Athlete with a Disability.[34]

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