MURPHY Christopher

United States of America

Date of Birth: 20 Sep 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Sport Class: C5

Place of birth: LONG BEACH, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Men's C4-5 Road Race	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's C4-5 Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
10	C5 Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
20	C4-5 Road Race	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
15	C5 Time Trial	2014	Greenville, SC, USA
16	Men's C5 - Road Race	2014	Greenville, SC, USA
Track World Championships
8	Men's C5 - Omnium	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
10	Men's C5 - Scratch Race	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
10	Men's C5 - Scratch Race	2016	Montichiari, ITA
DNF	Men's C5 - Scratch Race	2019	Apeldoorn, NED

CYCLING TRACK

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
4	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
8	C4-5 1000m Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Track World Championships
1	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
1	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
3	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
3	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
3	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
3	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
4	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2016	Montichiari, ITA
4	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2015	Apeldoorn, NED
5	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2016	Montichiari, ITA
5	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2015	Apeldoorn, NED
7	Men's C4-5 - Scratch Race	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
7	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2014	Aguascalientes, MEX
7	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2014	Aguascalientes, MEX
9	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
9	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
10	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Montichiari, ITA
10	C5 4000m Individual Pursuit	2015	Apeldoorn, NED
17	Men's C4-5 - Scratch Race	2015	Apeldoorn, NED
DNS	Men's C5 - 1000m Time Trial	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Chris (teamusa.org, 28 Jul 2015)

Occupation:

Music - California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA

Wife Kelly Casebere

Languages spoken:

Other sports:

He competed in both road cycling and track cycling at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Jul 2017)

He broke a rib during the 2020 World Track Cycling Championships in Milton, ON, Canada. (teamusa.org, 30 Jan 2020)

He began Para cycling in 2013. (al.com, 27 Nov 2013)

He got into cycling after becoming tired of the amount of time he was spending in his car. He then found an article about a Para cyclist with a similar impairment to him and was inspired to take up the sport competitively. "I remember it so well. Some guy on a tri-bike just went by in the bike lane, someone that I'll never see again. But seeing him made me realise that cycling would be a way better use of my time. I just started looking into it further and entering local races. I signed up for my first nationals in 2013 and did well enough to get on the radar for US Paralympics." (teamusa.org, 14 Sep 2020; teamusa.org, 15 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 26 Mar 2020)

General Interest

Classification
C5 (UCI, 26 May 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (teamusa.org, 15 Mar 2016)

Impairment Details
He sustained a brachial plexus injury at birth after being delivered by his head. As a result, the nerves from his neck through to his arm were damaged. (teamusa.org, 15 Mar 2016)

General
CAREER
He worked as a musician at Disneyland from 2007 to 2012. He also featured as a background musician in the 2013 film 'Gangster Squad'. "My mother wouldn't let me play sports because of my arm, so I did music instead. That's kind of where I learned how to be a high-level person in general. I went to [California State University, Fullerton] and got a degree in trombone performance there. I was pretty successful for my age in that area and when I graduated I had an opportunity to start working at Disneyland as a musician." (teamusa.org, 14 Sep 2020, 28 Jul 2015; whoop.com, 05 Apr 2017)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has been part of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Mental Health Task Force, a group of athletes, coaches and medical and mental health professionals who work together in the aim of improving the mental fitness of athletes. (teamusa.org, 22 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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