Paul Jennings (cyclist)
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| Full name | Paul Douglas Jennings | |||||||||
| Nickname | "Jabba" "Donk" "Mary" | |||||||||
| Born |
20 February 1973 Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom | |||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (290 lb) | |||||||||
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| Discipline | Road, Track | |||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||
| Silver, 100km team time trial, 1994 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 19 February 2013 | ||||||||||
Paul Douglas Jennings (born 20 February 1973) is a British racing cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won a number of national titles. He has raced track and road cycling.
Early life
Jennings started cycling at the age of 14 in Preston England.[1]
Professional Racing Career
After attended the Junior Road World Championships in 1990 and 1991 Jennings won four national titles and was selected for the Great Britain team pursuit squad for the 1992 Olympic Games.[2]
In 1993 he trained with Chris Boardman for the world hour record. In the early 90s he was recorded at over 100kph on a descent during the Isle of Man International Cycling Week, while hung over.
In the 1994 Commonwealth Games he raced for the English road racing team and won a silver medal in the 100 km team time trial.
Retirement
Jennings was injured in a drunken skate board accident in 1996 causing him to retire from professional cycle racing.
Jennings demonstrated the same winning mentality by transferring his skills across disciplines to BMX, dirt jumping, mountain biking and even skate boarding. While never reaching the same heights of achievement, which he is never shy of sharing, he enjoys beating friends, colleagues and anyone else slower in events such as the coppermine classic mountain bike race near Nelson, New Zealand in February 2013 where he picked up 5th overall and 1st in his Vets category.[3] He shows his commitment to these disciplines through items such as Vans trainers and phrases such as 'Braaappp!', 'Yo!' and 'dog'.
His latest conquest is to beat the Ginger Genius on Peaking Ridge, but still insist on using BMX size wheels.
He has recently had a somewhat lacklustre career in the online portion of the 2013 video game "Grand Theft Auto V". He spends a majority of his time being shot in the head by the player's "salvator81" and "yonNZL86" and crying like a little girl.
Having recently reached the higher levels of the crew "Lords of Hucking", he was embroiled in a scandal involving a grapefruit, a rake and a bottle of bleach which resulted in his marginalisation from the crew.
He now lives in Nelson, New Zealand with his family and holds positions with both the Nelson Mountain Bike Club and Nelson Tasman Cycle Trail Trust.[4]
References
- ↑ "Big-time cycling took joy away".
- ↑ Mackay, Duncan (20 August 1994). "Commonwealth Games: England enjoy silver medal start: Cyclists and shooters show their paces". The Independent (London).
- ↑ http://www.coppermine.co.nz/2013resultsbyclass.pdf
- ↑ "Golden age of great cycling".