Christopher Scott (cyclist)
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| Full name | Christopher Ian Scott |
| Nickname | Gecko |
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29 October 1968 Gympie, Australia |
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| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider |
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Christopher "Chris" Ian Scott, OAM (born 29 October 1968) is a former Australian paralympic cyclist. He has won ten medals at six Games from 1988 to 2008.
Scott was born in Gympie, Queensland, with cerebral palsy. At the age of eight, a soccer coach refused to let him join his team because he could not kick the ball with his right foot as well as he could with his left, a rule not enforced on able-bodied players. He consequently joined the next age group's soccer team so he could play with his brother.
He works as a records clerk in the Brisbane suburb of Sunnybank. He has been married to his wife, Karen, since March 2008, and has a stepdaughter.
Scott competed in 7-a-side Football at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. He also competed in athletics in the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona. He switched to cycling due to a broken ankle. At the 1996 Atlanta games, he won a gold medal in the Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a silver medal in the Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4 event. In 1998 and 1999, he held an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Mixed Bicycle Time Trial CP Div 4 event and a bronze medal in the Mixed Bicycle Road Race CP Div 4 event. At the 2004 Athens Games, Scott was the male captain for the Australian Paralympic team.In the Men's Team Sprint LC1-4/CP 3/4 event at the 2004 Games, Scott, the captain of the Australian cycling team, relinquished his place in the team in the finals so that fellow cyclist Peter Homann could get a chance to win a gold medal at his last Paralympics; the Australian team won the event so Homann received the gold medal along with Scott and the rest of the team. In a 2008 interview, he said of this action: "I already had my gold medal. It's what you do in a team. Peter deserved his chance on the podium." He won two further gold medals in the Men's Road Race / Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 and Men's Individual Pursuit Bicycle CP Div 4 events at the 2004 Games.
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