Mark Bristow Explained

Mark Bristow
Fullname:Mark Bristow
Birth Date:8 July 1962
Birth Place:
Discipline:Track
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter

Mark Bristow MBE (born 8 July 1962) is an English paralympic cyclist.[1] Born in Nazeing near Waltham Abbey, Essex, Bristow currently resides in Sacramento, California.[2] He took up the sport of disability cycling after being injured in a bike crash in San Francisco in September 1997. Bristow's is a computer administrator, and is related to the darts player Eric Bristow.[3]

Bristow was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to disabled sport in the 2009 New Years Honours.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Bristow Bio. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080305030338/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Bristow_Mark_Bio.asp. dead. 2008-03-05. British Cycling.
  2. Web site: Athlete Biography - BRISTOW Mark. Beijing Paralympics official website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080918063253/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/1206622.shtml. 18 September 2008. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Paralympic Cycling Profiles. The British Paralympic Association. 19 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217012841/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=669&filetitle=Cycling+Team+Biographies. 17 February 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Hoy knighted in New Year honours. BBC Sport. 2008-12-31.

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