Teresa Poole Explained

Teresa Poole
Fullname:Teresa Hilda Poole
Birth Date:28 January 1964
Birth Place:Manchester, United Kingdom
Discipline:Track & Road
Role:Rider

Teresa "Terri" Hilda Poole, OAM[1] (born 28 January 1964)[2] is an English-born Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist with a vision impairment. She was born in the English city of Manchester.[2] She competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games, where she won two gold medals in the Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open and the Women's Kilo Tandem open track cycling events, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] Her pilot was Sandra Smith. She competed in the Women's 50/60k Tandem open event for road cycling but did not medal.[3]

Poole received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.[4] In 2001, she held five world records in tandem cycling.[5] She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1996 and 1997.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poole, Teresa. It's an Honour. 17 January 2012.
  2. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000120000000/http:/www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paracycl.html. 20 January 2000. Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Cyclists. Australian Sports Commission. 17 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Athlete Search Results. International Paralympic Committee. 17 January 2012.
  4. Web site: Poole, Teresa: Australian Sports Medal. It's an Honour. 17 January 2012.
  5. Web site: Survival: the women's team. Sixty Minutes. 18 September 2011. 11 February 2001.
  6. Book: Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. 2002. Australian Sports Commission. Canberra. 1-74013-060-X.