Paige Greco

Paige Greco

OAM

Paige Greco in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Cycling
Disability class	C3
Club	Port Adelaide Cycling Club
Medal record Cycling Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Pursuit C1–3 2020 Tokyo Road Time Trial C1–3 2020 Tokyo Road Race Trial C1–3 Track World Championships 2019 Apeldoorn 3km Pursuit C3 2019 Apeldoorn 500m Time Trial C3 2019 Apeldoorn Scratch Race C3 2020 Milton 3km Pursuit C3 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 500 m Time Trial C3 2023 Glasgow Individual pursuit C3 Road World Championships 2019 Emmen Time Trial C3 2022 Baie-Comeau Time Trial C3 2023 Glasgow Road Race C3

Paige Greco OAM (born 19 February 1997) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She broke the World Record setting a new one of 3:52.283 in the 3000m individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Personal life

Greco has cerebral palsy which mainly affects the right side of her body.[1] She has completed an Exercise Science Degree at the University of South Australia.[2]

Cycling

Greco is classified as a C3 cyclist. Before turning to cycling, Greco was a promising track and field athlete.[1] In 2018, Greco moved from Victoria to South Australian Sports Institute to be coached by Loz Shaw.[1]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won gold medals in the Women's 3 km Pursuit C3 and C3 500m Time Trial.[3] In qualifying for Women's 3 km Pursuit final, Greco's time of 4mins 0.206secs broke the existing world record by three seconds.[3] In the 500m Time Trial C3, her time of 39.442secs smashed the previous mark by almost two seconds.[4] She also won the silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C3. [5]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C3.[6]

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C3.[7]

Greco in her first Paralympic Games in 2020 Tokyo, won the Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3, setting a world record time of 3:50.815 in the gold medal race.[8] She won bronze medals in the Women's Road Trial Trial C1-3 with a time of 26:37:54 and Women's Road Race C1-3 with a time of 1:13.11.

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and finished 5th in the Women's Road Race C3.[9]

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in Women's Time Trial C3.[10]

Recognition

• 2019 – Cycling Australia Para Female Track Cyclist of the Year.[11]
• 2021 – South Australian Sports Institute Para Athlete of the Year [12]
• 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [13]

References

1. "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. "World title and world record for Greco". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
4. "Para Greco grabs dual world records titles". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
5. "019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Day 3 Report". UCI Cycling website. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
6. "Team Australia finishes top para road-worlds". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
7. "Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia website. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
8. "Paige Greco Results". Tokyo Paralympic Games Official Results. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
9. "2022 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Official Results" (PDF). RSSTiming. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. "Results – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
11. "Caleb Ewan awarded 'Oppy' as 2019 Cyclist of the Year". Sportzhub. Cycling Australia. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
12. "South Australia's top athletes celebrated at SASI Awards". SASI News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
13. "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

External links

• Paige Greco at the International Paralympic Committee
• Paige Greco at Paralympics Australia
• Paige Greco at Cycling Australia (archived)