CHERNOVE Tristen

Canada
Cycling Track
22 May 1975
46
Male
C1
POWELL RIVER, BC
 
Canada
CRANBROOK, BC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CTR Cycling Track Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit OVL Silver Medal
Men's C1-3 1000m Time Trial DNS

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Izu Velodrome
Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit Final - Gold
Finished
Izu Velodrome
Men's C1-3 1000m Time Trial
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING ROAD
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
1C2 Time Trial2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
15C1-3 Road Race2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
1Men's C2 - Road Race2018Maniago, ITA
1Men's C2 - Road Race2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
1C2 Time Trial2017Pietermaritzburg, RSA
2C2 Time Trial2018Maniago, ITA
3C2 Time Trial2019Emmen, NED
6Men's C2 - Road Race2019Emmen, NED
Track World Championships
1Men's C2 - Scratch Race2019Apeldoorn, NED
2Men's C2 - Scratch Race2020Milton, ON, CAN
2Men's C2 - Omnium2020Milton, ON, CAN
2Men's C2 - Scratch Race2016Montichiari, ITA

CYCLING TRACK
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
2C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3C1-3 1000m Time Trial2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Track World Championships
1C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
1C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
1Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial2016Montichiari, ITA
1C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2016Montichiari, ITA
2Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial2020Milton, ON, CAN
2C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2019Apeldoorn, NED
2Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial2019Apeldoorn, NED
3Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race2018Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race2017Los Angeles, CA, USA
5C2 3000m Individual Pursuit2020Milton, ON, CAN
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Businessperson, Manager
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University of Victoria, Canada
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Wife Carrie, daughters Bronwyn and Morgan
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English
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Sebastien Travers [national], CAN
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He competed in both Para cycling track and Para cycling road at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He has also competed internationally in kayak racing. (paralympic.org, 01 Jan 2017; cranbrooktownsman.com, 05 Apr 2016)
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2016 for Canada (paralympic.ca, 22 May 2016)
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In 2001 he broke his back when he was on board a bus that crashed down a river bank in Mexico, sending him through the windshield. (cbc.ca, 02 Feb 2020)
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2015 (cranbrookcity.com, 20 Mar 2016)
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He began cycling when his father gifted him a BMX bike for his fifth birthday. He took up Para cycling competitively in 2015. (torontoobserver.ca, 10 Apr 2020; cyclingmagazine.ca, 30 Jan 2020; cranbrooktownsman.com, 05 Apr 2016)
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He decided to take up Para cycling to see how his body would respond to intense physical effort after he went on a cycling tour of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. "I saw that through Para cycling I could bring more exposure and attention to the incredible Para athletes around the world." He was also inspired after hearing about Canadian Para cyclist Ross Wilson, who also has an impairment as a result of Charcot-Marie-Tooth [CMT]. "I thought, 'If I am going to be cycling to counteract the degenerative nature of this impairment, then maybe I should think of doing Para cycling'." (cbc.ca, 13 Sep 2016; cranbrooktownsman.com, 05 Apr 2016; paralympic.ca, 22 May 2016; cranbrookcity.com, 20 Mar 2016)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (torontoobserver.ca, 10 Apr 2020)
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He trains 20 hours a week. (torontoobserver.ca, 10 Apr 2020)
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His family, and founding member of Wildhorse Cycling Club in Cranbrook, BC, Canada, Ryan Hamilton. (cranbrooktownsman.com, 05 Apr 2016; cranbrookcity.com, 20 Mar 2016)
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"You can have a thousand experiences in your life, but that doesn't mean that you have wisdom. It's all about the introspection that you apply from that experience." (pacificcoastal.com, 01 Jan 2016)
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In 2017 he received the Best Games Debut award from the Canadian Paralympic Committee in recognition of him winning all three colours of medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.ca, 07 Apr 2017)

He received the Para Cyclist of the Year and Best Individual Performance of the Year awards at Cycling Canada's 2016 Cyclist of the Year Awards. (cyclingcanada.ca, 22 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
C2 (UCI, 15 Mar 2020)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (paralympic.ca, 22 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cranbrookcity.com, 20 Mar 2016)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of Charcot-Marie-Tooth [CMT], which affects his lower legs. He inherited the neurological condition and was diagnosed in 2009. (paralympic.ca, 22 May 2016; cranbrookcity.com, 20 Mar 2016)

General
OCCUPATION
He is CEO and managing director of an airport management company based at Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, BC, Canada. He is also general manager of the airport. (westjet.mediaroom.com, 28 Oct 2019; cranbrooktownsman.com, 23 Jun 2020)

CHARITY WORK
He has been involved in fundraising for the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, which supports Charcot-Marie-Tooth [CMT] research. (paralympic.ca, 22 May 2016; cranbrooktownsman.com, 05 Apr 2016)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
DNS:
Did not Start
OVL:
Overlapped
Content 1 (removed through CDN)
Content 2 (removed through CDN).
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