Patrick was born in 1987 with albinism. She was blind at birth and gained some sight afterwards, but has never had full vision. Moreover, she has nystagmus, which causes eye movement, and her albinism makes her, and particularly her eyes, sensitive to light. Patrick worked as a physiotherapist at Victoria Hospital in Dunfermline until she moved to Loughborough.[3]
Paratriathlon became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Patrick took the silver medal in the PT5 class behind Katie Kelly of Australia.[2] Her guide for the race was Hazel Smith who is a Durham Engineer. They had trained for two years before the Olympics. They started out with a coffee together and went on to going on tandem bike rides together.[4] Smith was already a tri-athlete having been reserve for the team at 2014 Commonwealth games.[5]
Patrick was voted "West Fife's Sports Personality of the Year ".[6]
In March 2017 she competed at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles. She teamed up with cyclist Helen Scott and they gained two more medals. Their tandem came third in the 1 km time trial and they gained a silver at the tandem sprint behind Thornhill and Hall.[6]
Referencesedit
^Hart, Ross (20 January 2021). "Fate has a hand in Alison's Games dream". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
alison, peasgood, born, alison, patrick, october, 1987, british, paratriathlete, competed, women, class, 2016, summer, paralympics, silver, medal, guided, hazel, smith, loch, lomondpersonal, informationbirth, namealison, patricknationalitybritishborn, 1987, oc. Alison Peasgood born Alison Patrick 1 October 1987 is a British paratriathlete She competed in the women s PT5 class at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal guided by Hazel Smith 2 Alison PeasgoodAlison Peasgood at Loch LomondPersonal informationBirth nameAlison PatrickNationalityBritishBorn 1987 10 01 1 October 1987 age 36 Dunfermline Scotland 1 SportSportParatriathlonMedal record Women s paratriathlonRepresenting Great BritainSummer Paralympics2016 Rio de Janeiro PT5Biography editPatrick was born in 1987 with albinism She was blind at birth and gained some sight afterwards but has never had full vision Moreover she has nystagmus which causes eye movement and her albinism makes her and particularly her eyes sensitive to light Patrick worked as a physiotherapist at Victoria Hospital in Dunfermline until she moved to Loughborough 3 Paratriathlon became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Patrick took the silver medal in the PT5 class behind Katie Kelly of Australia 2 Her guide for the race was Hazel Smith who is a Durham Engineer They had trained for two years before the Olympics They started out with a coffee together and went on to going on tandem bike rides together 4 Smith was already a tri athlete having been reserve for the team at 2014 Commonwealth games 5 Patrick was voted West Fife s Sports Personality of the Year 6 In March 2017 she competed at the UCI Para cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles She teamed up with cyclist Helen Scott and they gained two more medals Their tandem came third in the 1 km time trial and they gained a silver at the tandem sprint behind Thornhill and Hall 6 References edit Hart Ross 20 January 2021 Fate has a hand in Alison s Games dream Dunfermline Press Retrieved 10 June 2023 a b Alison Patrick Archived 2016 09 22 at the Wayback Machine rio2016 com Alison Patrick on her meteoric rise to the Rio Paralympics Archived 2016 09 19 at the Wayback Machine SportScotland 8 June 2016 Boulter Lily 20 October 2016 Hazel Smith Durham Engineer to Olympic medallist Palatinate Retrieved 18 November 2020 Andrew Louise 2 September 2016 My Paralympic journey began over coffee BBC Sport Retrieved 18 November 2020 a b Hart Ross 6 March 2017 Alison pedals to World Championship gongs Dunfermline Press Retrieved 16 January 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alison Peasgood Alison Peasgood at World Triathlon nbsp Alison Peasgood at the International Paralympic Committee Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alison Peasgood amp oldid 1185902928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
