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The strength Fachie had built up during his time as a sprinter was instrumental in impressing the Great Britain cycle coaches. By September 2008 he was training with the GB Para-Cycling Team and was part of the team by April the following year. In 2009 he entered the Para-Cycling Track World
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as his pilot. The two took the Gold in both the Kilo and Sprint, setting a new world record in the Kilo. In 2011 Fachie travelled to Montichiari, Italy to compete in his second Para-Cycling Track World Championships. This time paired with
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Fachie entered his third Para-Cycling Track World Championships, this time held in Los Angeles, USA. His pilot in America again was Storey, who would team up with Fachie at the
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as his sighted pilot. Outside of the Paralympic Games, Fachie is a nineteen-time world champion and 5 times Commonwealth Games champion, creating tandem partnerships with
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in Beijing, running in the 100m and 200m sprints. After failing to take a podium place in either races in China, Fachie decided to change sports to cycling.
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for riders with a visual impairment. The pair set a world record time of 1:01.351, and after team mates and main rivals
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in London. The pair took the silver in the Kilo. That year, in the Paralympics, Fachie and Storey competed in the
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in Glasgow, where the pairing won double gold in the kilo time trial and sprint B tandem.
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for services to para-cycling. In June 2013, he was awarded an honorary degree from the
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In 2022 Neil Fachie won Scotland's first gold medal of the
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He is married to visually impaired English racing cyclist
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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suffered a mechanical failure, took the gold medal.
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Index

OBE

Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
Paralympic finals
2008
2012
para cycling
Great Britain
Paralympic Games
2012 London
Tandem B kilo
2012 London
Tandem B sprint
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Tandem B kilo
2024 Paris
Tandem B kilo
Track World Championships
2011 Montichiari
Tandem B kilo
2011 Montichiari
Tandem B sprint
2016 Montichiari
2016 Montichiari
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2023 Glasgow
2024 Rio de Janeiro
Scotland

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