Simone Kennedy

Simone Kennedy

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Kennedy
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 23) London, England
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Cycling
Club	Parramatta Cycling Club
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's individual pursuit C1-3 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2012 Los Angeles Women's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 2012 Los Angeles Women's 500m Time Trial C3 2017 Los Angeles Women's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 2014 Aguascalientes Women's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 2014 Aguascalientes Women's 500m Time Trial C3 2015 Appledorn Women's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 2015 Appledorn Women's 500m Time Trial C3 2016 Montichiari Women's 3km Individual Pursuit C3 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships 2015 Nottwil Women's Time Trial C3 2015 Nottwil Women's Road Race C3

Simone Kennedy (born 4 January 1994) is an English-born Australian cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the individual pursuit C1-3. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Kennedy was born on 4 January 1994 in London, England. She has cerebral palsy which affects the left side of her body . She attended Tara Anglican School for Girls and she credits the teachers at the school in encouraging her to become involved in disability sport. In 2016, she is studying a Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Administration at the Australian College of Physical Education in Sydney.

Kennedy is a C3 classified cyclist. She is a member of the Parramatta Cycling Club and coached by Bradley McGee.

Kennedy started cycling when she was a fifteen-year-old. In 2012, she participated her first major international competition when she cycled in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where she finished first in the C3 500-metre time trial and 3-kilometre individual pursuit. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling's 3 km pursuit, the 500m time trial and two road roads. In the lead up to the Paralympics, she participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.

At the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes in Mexico, she won bronze medals in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C3 and Women's 500m Time Trial C3.