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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-04-18) 18 April 1977 (age 47) | |||||||||||||||||
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Shaun Hopkins (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian cyclist, who piloted vision impaired tandem cyclist Ben Demery throughout his career. His father and relatives of his mother were competitive cyclists. He began competitive cycling in 1985 and his first national competition was in 1995. He won a silver medal in the sprint and a bronze medal in the 1 km time trial at his first international competition, the 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships. In the next year's UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, he won silver medals in both the sprint and the 1 km time trial. At the 2008 Beijing Games, he won two silver medals in the Men's Sprint B VI 1–3 and Men's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1–3 events.
He manages a bike store and lives in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield.
References
- ^ "Shaun Hopkins". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- "Athlete Search Results: Shaun Hopkins". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- Paralympic cyclists for Australia
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- 1977 births
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