Nick Yallouris
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Nick Yallouris
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994[1]
Gosford, New South Wales[1]
Sport
SportCycling
ClubCentral Coast
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit

Nick Yallouris (born 24 February 1994) is an Australian track 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 1974 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 Paralympic Cycling Team.[4] His 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rider Profiles". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Nick Yallouris". Subaru NSWIS Cycling Team website. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nick Yallouris". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "ADDITIONAL RIDERS BOLSTER AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR 2015 PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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