GAUTIER Shelley

31 Oct 1968
52
Female
T1
NIAGARA FALLS, ON
 
Canada
TORONTO, ON
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Women's T1-2 Road Race 5
Women's T1-2 Time Trial 8

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Finished
Fuji International Speedway
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
3T1-2 Time Trial2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6T1-2 Road Race2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
11T1-2 Time Trial2012London, GBR
14T1-2 Road Race2012London, GBR
Road World Championships
1Women's T1 - Road Race2021Cascais, POR
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2021Cascais, POR
1Women's T1 - Road Race2018Maniago, ITA
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2018Maniago, ITA
1Women's T1 - Road Race2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
1Women's T1 - Road Race2015Nottwil, SUI
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2015Nottwil, SUI
1Women's T1 - Road Race2014Greenville, SC, USA
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2014Greenville, SC, USA
1Women's T1 - Road Race2013Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2013Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
1Women's T1 - Road Race2011Roskilde, DEN
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2011Roskilde, DEN
1Women's T1 - Road Race2010Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
1Women's T1 - Time Trial2010Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
2Women's T1 - Road Race2019Emmen, NED
3Women's T1 - Time Trial2019Emmen, NED
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Athlete, Director
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Physical Education - University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN
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Partner Alan
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English
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Sebastien Travers [national], CAN
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She has also competed in Para sailing at national level and has served as a board member of the Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario in Canada. (sgpsf.ca, 11 Feb 2016)
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2009 for Canada (Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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She took up cycling at age five. After her accident, in 2002 she began cycling on a specially modified tricycle. (shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 02 May 2020; roadtolondon2012.wordpress.com, 31 Oct 2011)
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Before her accident she was a competitive mountain bike racer and a practising physiotherapist. She wanted to stay physically active during her recovery, and as she could no longer ride a mountain bike, she tried Para cycling. (sgpsf.ca, 11 Feb 2016; Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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To win a gold or silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (PEDAL, 01 Dec 2018; shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 02 May 2020)
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She trains twice a day. (shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 02 May 2020)
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Partner Alan Greer. (shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 02 May 2020)
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"Get out there and do it." (Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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In December 2019 she was included in Cycling Canada's Top 10 Canadian Cyclists of the Decade. (shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 16 Dec 2019; cyclingmagazine.ca, 12 Dec 2019)

She was named Female Para Cyclist of the Year for 2019 by Cycling Canada. (canadiancyclist.com, 31 Dec 2019)

In 2015 and 2019 she was named Female Road Athlete of the Year by the Ontario Cycling Association [OCA]. (shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 24 Apr 2020; canadiancyclist.com, 26 Feb 2016)

In 2018 she received a Para Cycling Award from the International Cycling Union [UCI] at the 2018 UCI Cycling and Para cycling Gala in Guilin, People's Republic of China. (pedalmag.com, 15 Nov 2018)

She received the Perfect Season of the Year Award in recognition of her performances in 2018 from Cycling Canada. (pedalmag.com, 15 Nov 2018)

In February 2016 she was inducted into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour as Female Athlete of the Year with a Disability in Canada. (ontariocycling.org, 26 Feb 2016)

She was named 2015 Para Cyclist of the Year by Sports Niagara in Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

She took part in the torch relay ahead of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T1 (UCI, 15 Mar 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (sgpsf.ca, 11 Feb 2016)

Impairment Details
She has right-sided hemiplegia as a result of a mountain bike accident in 2001. She sustained a severe head injury that left her in a coma for six weeks. (sgpsf.ca, 11 Feb 2016; livinghistory.med.utoronto.ca, 01 Jan 2012; roadtolondon2012.wordpress.com, 31 Oct 2011)

General
FOUNDATION
She is director and honorary chairperson of the Shelley Gautier Para Sport Foundation, which she launched in 2014. It is a not-for-profit organisation that loans Para cycling equipment to community groups in Canada, in order to help people with impairments get involved in the sport. (sgpsf.ca, 31 Dec 2019; shelleygautier.wordpress.com, 02 May 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has also studied physiotherapy at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. (livinghistory.med.utoronto.ca, 01 Jan 2012)

Legend
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