Jason Niblett

Personal information

Full name

Jason Niblett

Born

18 February 1983
Horsham, Victoria

Team information

Discipline

Track

Role

Rider, Pilot

Rider type

Sprinter, Tandem Class Blind

Medal record

Track cycling
Representing Australia
World Championships
	2011 Apeldoorn	Team sprint
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	Team sprint
	2014 Glasgow	Men's tandem 1km time trial B
	2014 Glasgow	Men's tandem sprint B

Infobox last updated on
27 July 2014

Jason Niblett (born 18 February 1983 in Horsham, Victoria) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[1]

Niblett served as pilot to Kieran Modra at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where the pair won two silver medals in the Men's tandem sprint B and Men's tandem time trial.^[2] In November 2014, Niblett and Modra were awarded the South Australian Institute of Sport Male Athlete with a Disability of the Year award.^[3]

Career highlights

2000: 1st Team Sprint, World Championships – Juniors
2001: 1st Team Sprint, World Championships – Juniors
2004: 1st Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
2005: 1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
2006: 2nd Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne; 2nd Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
2008: 3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
2010: 1st Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Delhi

References

↑ AIS Athletes at 2010 Commonwealth Games
↑ "Interview: Kieran Modra, Jason Niblett". ABC Grandstand. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
↑ "Cycling Dominate 2014 SASI Awards!". South Australian Sports Institute News. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

External links

Jason Niblett profile at Cycling Archives

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