Paige Greco OAM (born 19 February 1997) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She broke the World Record setting a new one of 3:52.283 in the 3000m individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Port Adelaide Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Greco has cerebral palsy which mainly affects the right side of her body.[1] She has completed an Exercise Science Degree at the University of South Australia.[2]
Cycling edit
Greco is classified as a C3 cyclist. Before turning to cycling, Greco was a promising track and field athlete.[1] In 2018, Greco moved from Victoria to South Australian Sports Institute to be coached by Loz Shaw.[1]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won gold medals in the Women's 3 km Pursuit C3 and C3 500m Time Trial.[3] In qualifying for Women's 3 km Pursuit final, Greco's time of 4mins 0.206secs broke the existing world record by three seconds.[3] In the 500m Time Trial C3, her time of 39.442secs smashed the previous mark by almost two seconds.[4] She also won the silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C3. [5]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C3.[6]
At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C3.[7]
Greco in her first Paralympic Games in 2020 Tokyo, won the Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3, setting a world record time of 3:50.815 in the gold medal race.[8] She won bronze medals in the Women's Road Trial Trial C1-3 with a time of 26:37:54 and Women's Road Race C1-3 with a time of 1:13.11.
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and finished 5th in the Women's Road Race C3.[9]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in Women's Time Trial C3.[10]
Recognition edit
- 2019 – Cycling Australia Para Female Track Cyclist of the Year.[11]
- 2021 – South Australian Sports Institute Para Athlete of the Year [12]
- 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [13]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b "World title and world record for Greco". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Para Greco grabs dual world records titles". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Day 3 Report". UCI Cycling website. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Team Australia finishes top para road-worlds". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia website. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Paige Greco Results". Tokyo Paralympic Games Official Results. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "2022 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Official Results" (PDF). RSSTiming. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Results – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan awarded 'Oppy' as 2019 Cyclist of the Year". Sportzhub. Cycling Australia. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "South Australia's top athletes celebrated at SASI Awards". SASI News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
External links edit
- Paige Greco at the International Paralympic Committee
- Paige Greco at Paralympics Australia
- Paige Greco at Cycling Australia (archived)