Susan Powell (cyclist)

Susan Powell

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Powell
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1967-05-30) 30 May 1967 (age 49) Nowra, New South Wales
Residence	Australian Capital Territory
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Cycling
Disability class	C4
Club	Vikings Cycling Club ACT
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's Individual Pursuit C4 2012 London Women's Individual C 4 Road Time Trial 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's Individual Pursuit C4 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's road time trial C4 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships 2009 Bogono Women's Individual Time Trial LC2 2009 Bogono Women's Road Race LC2 2010 Baie-Comeau Women's Individual Time Trial C2 2010 Baie-Comeau Women's Road Race C2 2011 Roskilde Women's Individual Time Trial C4 2011 Roskilde Women's Road Race C4 2013 Baie-Comeau Women's Individual Time Trial C4 2013 Baie-Comeau Women's Road Race C4 2014 Greenville Women's Road Race C4 2014 Greenville Women's Individual Time Trial C4 2015 Nottwil Women's Road Race C4 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2011 Montichiari Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4 2011 Montichiari Women's Time Trial C4 2012 Los Angeles Women's Time Trial C4 2012 Los Angeles Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4 2012 Los Angeles Women's Scratch Race C4-5 2014 Aguascalientes Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4 2014 Aguascalientes Women's Time Trial C4 2015 Appledorn Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4 2015 Appledorn Women's Time Trial C4 2016 Montichiari Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4

Susan Powell, OAM (born 30 May 1967) is an Australian cyclist. At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4, setting a new world record in the process, and a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Powell won the silver medal in the 3 km Women's Individual Pursuit C4.

Susan Jennifer Powell was born on 30 May 1967 in the New South Wales city of Nowra. In 2007, she had a spinal cord injury, which caused weakness in her right leg, due to a field hockey accident. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science, a Master of Environmental Science and a Ph.D in Environmental Science. As of 2012^[update], she lives in the Australian Capital Territory where she is a Research Fellow at the University of Canberra specialising in riverine and wetland ecology and hydrology.

Powell is a C4 classified cyclist. She is a member of the Vikings Cycling Club ACT, and is coached by Sian Mulholland and Glenn Doney.

Powell initially began cycling to improve her fitness for hockey and golf. After the hockey accident, she found that she could still participate in cycling, so she took the sport more seriously. She made her Australian national team debut at the 2009 Para-cycling Road World Championships and has since won 6 world championships (3xPursuit, Road and 2x Road TT). Sue has been named Champion of Champions at four consecutive Australian Paracycling Track Championships as well as three times Female Paracyclist of the Year.

At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4, setting a new world record in the process, and a silver medal in the Women's Time Trial C4. Competing at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, she won two bronze medals in the Women's Individual Time Trial C4 and Women's Road Race C4.