Nick Yallouris
2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Nick Yallouris | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australia |
Born |
[1] Gosford, New South Wales [1] | 24 February 1994
Sport | |
Sport | Cycling |
Club | Central Coast |
Nick Yallouris (born 24 February 1994) is an Australian cyclist.[2][3] He represented Australia in the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a sighted pilot for Australian cycling Paralympian, Matthew Formston.[3]
Personal
Yallouris was born on 24 February 1994 in Gosford, New South Wales.[3] Yallouris currently resides in Chittaway Point on the NSW Central Coast.[3] He is a Bicycle mechanic by trade.[3]
Career
Yallouris has had a passion for bicycles since a young age.[3] He is from a BMX background and was introduced to track cycling in 2010.[3] In 2015, he won the madison and came third in the elite scratch race and elite time trial at the 2015 Australian National Track Championships.[2] Yallouris was then selected to join the Australian Paralymic Cycling Team.[4] His first debut for Australia in the Para-cycling team was at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in the Netherlands where he paired up with Commonwealth Games medallist Paul Kennedy. They finished sixth with a time of (1:04.274). At the Rio Paralympics, Yallouris will be the pilot for Formston. They train up to 13 times per week.[3]
Recognition
- 2012 - Central Coast Cyclist of the Year [1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Rider Profiles". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Nick Yallouris". Subaru NSWIS Cycling Team website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nick Yallouris". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "ADDITIONAL RIDERS BOLSTER AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR 2015 PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
External links
- Australian Paralympic Committee profile
- NSWIS Cycling team profile
- We Believe - Matt Formston and Nick Yallouris