- Jon Norfolk
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ridername = Jon Norfolk
fullname = Jonathan Philip Norfolk
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1975|3|29|df=yes
country = ENG
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discipline = Track
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updated = 10 September 2008Jonathan Philip Norfolk (born 29 March 1975) is an English track racing cyclist, and a
tandem pilot for Paralympic and disabled athletes.Biography
Born in the
Keighley district, nearBradford , Norfolk now lives inManchester . He began working with as the new tandem pilot forAnthony Kappes internationally in 2008, he sacrificed his career as a member of Great Britain's able-bodied squad in order to work with Paralympians, and had to take a three year break from competition in order to quallify. The pair are now coached by Kappes previous pilot,Barney Storey . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7310892.stm| title=Tandem pairing ready for action| author=Elizabeth Hudson| publisher=BBC Sport| date=2008-03-25|accessdate=2008-09-10]Kappes and Norlfolk broke the world record in the kilo (B/VI class) with a time of 1:02.008 and beat
Simon Jackson and Storey to win the sprint event at the 2008VISA Paralympic World Cup . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7393242.stm| title=GB cyclists continue medal haul| author=Elizabeth Hudson| publisher=BBC Sport| date=2008-05-09|accessdate=2008-09-10] [cite web|url=http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/sport/gbs-gold-haul| title=GB's gold haul| author=Paul Carter| publisher=Disability now| accessdate=2008-09-10]Palmarès
Able-bodied competition
;2001:1st flagicon|GBR Keirin,
British National Track Championships :3rd Kilo,British National Track Championships ;2002:1st flagicon|GBR Keirin,
British National Track Championships :2nd Tandem Sprint,British National Track Championships (withIan George );2005:2nd Kilo,
British National Track Championships ;2007:3rd Team Sprint,
British National Track Championships :3rd Tandem Sprint,British National Track Championships (withAnthony Kappes )As a tandem pilot
;2008:1st Kilo,
VISA Paralympic World Cup (withAnthony Kappes ):1st Sprint,VISA Paralympic World Cup (withAnthony Kappes )References
External links
* [http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Norfolk_Jonathan_Bio2.asp British Cycling Bio]
Persondata
NAME=Norfolk, Jonathan Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Norfolk, Jon
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road and track racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1975-03-29
PLACE OF BIRTH=Keighley ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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