Jody Cundy, Esq, MBE's Biography

Jody Cundy, Esq, MBE's Professional Career

Career

Paralympic cyclist and former swimmer; swimming achievements incl: Gold medal (100m butterfly) and Bronze medal (100m backstroke) World Championships 1994, Gold medal (100m butterfly) Paralympics 1996 (world record), Gold medal (100m butterfly) and Silver medal (4x100m medley relay) European Championships 1997, Silver medal (100m butterfly) World Championships 1998, 3 Gold medals (100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay) European Championships 1999, 2 Gold medals (100m Butterfly and 4x100m freestyle relay (with Matthew Walker, Marc Woods and David Roberts)) and Bronze medal 100m backstroke Paralympics Sydney 2000, 3 Gold medals (100m butterfly (world record), 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medly relay) and 2 Silver medals (100m backstrock and 50m freestyle) European Championships 2001, 2 Gold medals (100m butterfly (world record) and 4x100m medley relay) and Bronze medal (4x100m freestyle relay) World Championships 2002, Bronze medal (100m butterfly) Paralympics Athens 2004; cycling achievements incl: Gold medal (1km time trial) World Championships 2006 (world record), 2 Gold medals (1km time trial and team sprint) World Championships 2007 (two world records), 2 Gold medals (team sprint (with Darren Kenny and Mark Bristow, qv) and 1km time trial) Paralympics Beijing 2008 (two world records), 2 Gold medals (1km time trial (world record) and team sprint (with Darren Kenny and Mark Bristow, qv)) World Championships 2009, 2 Gold medals (1km time trial (world record) and team sprint (with Darren Kenny and Terry Byrne, world record)) and Silver medal (4km pursuit) World Championships 2011, Gold medal (1km time trial), Silver medal (team sprint (with Darren Kenny and Sarah Storey, OBE, qv)) and Bronze medal (4km pursuit) World Championships 2012, Bronze medal (individual pursuit) Paralympic Games 2012; Nationwide Achievement Award (Male Cycling) 2006, BBC East Disabled Sports Personality of the Year 2008 and 2011

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