Jon-Allan Butterworth
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Competitor for  United Kingdom
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2012 London | 1 km time trial C4-5 |
| | 2012 London | Individual Pursuit C5 |
Jon-Allan Edward Butterworth [1](born 6 February 1986 in Birmingham)[2] is a British paralympic cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]
Butterworth lost his left arm in 2007 in an insurgent rocket attack when serving as a senior aircraftman weapons technician with the Royal Air Force at Basra airbase in Iraq. He had previously served in Afghanistan in 2005.[4]
Butterworth got into cycling by taking part in the first Help for Heroes bike ride in 2008, from there he went on to be recognized as talented at a ParalympicsGB Talent ID day
At the 2012 London Paralympics he won a silver medal in the 1 km time trial C4-5[5][6] a second silver medal in the Individual Pursuit C5.,[7] and a third in the Team Sprint [8] Butterworth lost his C5 world record to Alfonso Cabello at the London paralympics.[9]
References
- ↑ JAB H4H bio, H4H bio.
- ↑ GRO reference: March 1986, Vol. 32, Page 1614
- ↑ "Jon-Allan Butterworth". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/news/mix-of-multi-medallists-and-new-talent-named-in-road-and-track-para-cycling-teams-for-paralympicsgb
- ↑ Davies, Gareth (26 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Jon-Allan Butterworth claims most GB Paralympians are just 'having a laugh'". www.dailytelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Paralympics 2012: Butterworth silver but Cundy disqualified". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "Men's Ind. C5 Pursuit". london2012.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ↑ Butterworth's achievements, Butterworth's Achievements.
- ↑ The 12 biggest upsets at London 2012, paralympic.org, 14 September 2012, retrieved 22 November 2013
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