WILSON Ross

Date of Birth: 10 Dec 1981

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Sport Class: C1

Place of residence : EDMONTON, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Men's C1-3 Road Race	DNF
	Men's C1 Time Trial	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's C1 Time Trial	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's C1-3 Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	C1 Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
DNF	C1-3 Road Race	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
2	C1 Time Trial	2018	Maniago, ITA
2	C1 Time Trial	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
3	C1 Time Trial	2019	Emmen, NED
4	Men's C1 - Road Race	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
6	Men's C1 - Road Race	2019	Emmen, NED
6	C1 Time Trial	2014	Greenville, SC, USA
7	Men's C1 - Road Race	2014	Greenville, SC, USA
14	Men's C1 - Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
Track World Championships
5	Men's C1 - Scratch Race	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
7	Men's C1 - Omnium	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
8	Men's C1 - Scratch Race	2020	Milton, ON, CAN

CYCLING TRACK

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
15	C1-3 1000m Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Track World Championships
1	Men's C1 - 1000m Time Trial	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
1	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Montichiari, ITA
2	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2015	Apeldoorn, NED
3	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
4	Men's C1 - 1000m Time Trial	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Men's C1 - 1000m Time Trial	2016	Montichiari, ITA
6	C1 3000m Individual Pursuit	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
7	Men's C1 - 1000m Time Trial	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
9	Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
10	Men's C1 - 1000m Time Trial	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
12	Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rossco (Instagram profile, 13 May 2020)

Occupation:

Accounting, Commerce, International Business - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN

Languages spoken:

Sebastien Travers [national], CAN

Other sports:

He competed in both Para cycling road and Para cycling track at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Sep 2020)

2014 for Canada (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

In early February 2020 he required stitches to his right arm after he crashed at the track world championships in Milton, ON, Canada. (Twitter profile, 15 Feb 2020)

He needed more than 100 stitches in his shoulder after crashing during the road race at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (techlifetoday.ca, 03 Oct 2016; paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

In June 2015 he broke ribs, vertebrae and his collarbone, and required hundreds of stitches, after he collided with a reversing car while cycling at 30kph. He recovered in time to compete two months later at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (techlifetoday.ca, 03 Oct 2016)

National team:

2014 (toronto2015.org, 11 Aug 2015)

He took up Para cycling in 2013 and began competing in 2014. (cyclingmagazine.ca, 30 Jan 2020; sportsnet.ca, 07 Aug 2015)

After he developed Charcot-Marie-Tooth [CMT] his weight increased to about 136 kilograms, and doctors warned him he needed to manage the condition. After losing about 45 kilograms prior to his wedding, he bought a road bike as a reward for himself. (techlifetoday.ca, 03 Oct 2016; nationalpost.com, 09 Sep 2016; sportsnet.ca, 07 Aug 2015)

Coach Cam Jennings. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

Philosophy:

"It's sport, it's a competition, it counts that you win. At the end of the year they ask you if you won or not. I prefer to say yes." [Swiss road cyclist Fabian Cancellara] (Twitter profile, 18 Nov 2014)

In 2019 he received the Best Individual Performance award in the Para cycling category from Cycling Canada. (canadiancyclist.com, 31 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
C1 (UCI, 15 Mar 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (techlifetoday.ca, 03 Oct 2016)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of Charcot-Marie-Tooth [CMT], which he was diagnosed with in 2009. He has weakened muscles in his legs, back, arms and hands. (techlifetoday.ca, 03 Oct 2016, 29 May 2018; uci.org, 15 Mar 2018)

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked as director of internal audit at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, AB, Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2008 he qualified as a chartered accountant through Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. He has also studied for a master's degree in business administration at Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Canada, and he has qualified as a certified fraud examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as an audit committee member of the Paralympic Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee. He has also served as vice chair of the Canadian Paralympic Committee Athletes' Council. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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