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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gordon Allan (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won medals at World Para Track Championships. He competed at the2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the2024 Paris Paralympics.[1][2]
Allan was born 3 April 1998. Allan was born with cerebral palsy affecting his four limbs due to a loss of oxygen at birth. He attendedPatrician Brothers' College, Blacktown.[3] He is studying a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science atWestern Sydney University.[4]
Before committing to cycling, Allan was active in athletics, swimming, and football. He represented Australia at theFootball World Championship Under 19 at the 2015 CPISRA World Games.
Allan is classified as aC2 cyclist. His cycling ability was spotted at anAustralian Paralympic Committee talent search day at Blacktown and he subsequently joined the Parramatta Cycling Club and commenced training at the Western Sydney Academy of Sport at Homebush. Allan took up cycling seriously in 2013. In 2016 as a 17 year old , he won the Men's Road Race and the Men's Time C2 at the Australian Championships but he was not selected for the2016 Rio Paralympics.[3] He won the Men's Time Trial and Men's Individual Pursuit C2 at the 2019 Para Track Cycling National Championships.[5]
At the2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inApeldoorn,Netherlands, he won the silver medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C2. His time of 1min 12.873secs was a new world record but it was broken by the final competitorAlejandro Perea who just broke his new record by 0.005secs.[6] (1min12.838secs).
At the2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inMilton, Ontario, he won the bronze medal in Men's Time Trial C2.[7]
At the2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Allan finished fifth in theMen's time trial C1–3 and ninth together withMeg Lemon andAmanda Reid in theMixed team sprint C1–5.[8]
At the2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, he won two bronze medals - Men's Time Trial C2 and Mixed Team Sprint C1-5.[9]
At the2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won two medals - silver medal in the Men's Time Trial C2 and bronze medal in the Mixed Team Sprint C1-5.[10]
At the2024 Paris Paralympics, he finished fifth in the Men'sTime trial C1-3, 22nd in theMen's road race H4 and the bronze medal in theMixed team sprint C1-5.
At the2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won the silver medal in the Men's Sprint C2 and the bronze medal in Men's Time Trial C2.[11]
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