Mark Bristow

Mark Bristow

Personal information
Full name	Mark Bristow
Born	8 July 1962 (1962-07-08) (age 49)  England  Great Britain
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Medal record Track cycling Competitor for  Great Britain Paralympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Kilo Gold 2008 Beijing Team sprint
Infobox last updated on 19 January 2009

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 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 received an MBE for services to disabled sport in the 2009 New Years Honours.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Mark Bristow Bio". British Cycling. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Bristow_Mark_Bio.asp. 
2. ^ "Athlete Biography - BRISTOW Mark". Beijing Paralympics official website. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/1206622.shtml. 
3. ^ "Paralympic Cycling Profiles". The British Paralympic Association. http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=669&filetitle=Cycling+Team+Biographies. 
4. ^ "Hoy knighted in New Year honours". BBCSport. 2008-12-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/7804849.stm. 

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Name	Bristow, Mark
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Date of birth	8 July 1962
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