Simon Richardson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simon Richardson
Occupation	Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Nov 10, 1966(1966-11-10)
Age	58
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Scorpio

Simon Richardson Biography

Simon Richardson is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on November 10, 1966 in United Kingdom.

Simon Richardson MBE (born 10 November 1966) is a Welsh paralympic racing cyclist.

Richardson competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics held in Beijing, China, initially in the LC 3–4 class kilo, finishing in a world record time of 1 minute 14.936 seconds. This time secured the gold medal and was his first win in a major event. Richardson later competed in the LC3–4 3 km individual pursuit, finishing in 3 minutes 49.214 seconds which secured his second gold medal of the games. The LC3–4 class is for athletes with lower limb disabilities, which may affect one or both of the lower limbs. Richardson went on to take the Silver medal in the LC3 class road time trial in a time of 38 minutes 23.73 seconds, 23.42 seconds behind gold medallist Laurent Thirionet. He also competed in the men’s individual road race on 13 September 2008, finishing in tenth place.

Simon Richardson Net Worth

Simon Richardson is one of the richest Cyclist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simon Richardson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richardson was born in 1966 in Porthcawl, Wales, and is the son of John and Diana Richardson. He is married to Amanda and has two sons Ashley and Benjamin. In 2001 he was involved in a car accident which left him with serious leg and back injuries and no feeling down his left hand side. Prior to his accident Richardson was a keen cyclist, but he stopped cycling until 2005 when his doctors advised him to start training again to help his rehabilitation. Richardson cycled powered only by his right leg, riding an adapted bike. He made his debut in the Welsh national team in 2006, competing at the Welsh Grand Prix and entered the road race and time trial, finishing seventh and fifth respectively. He later competed at the Para-Cycling Europa Cup held in 2007 which was held in Germany where he placed seventh. Richardson is coached by Courtney Rowe and trains at the Wales National Velodrome, which is situated in the Newport International Sports Village. His development is organised through the Disability Sport Wales Performance Programme.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Simon Richardson Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Konstantin Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Simon Richardson celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

What happened to Simon on GCN?

Following his retirement, Richardson became a presenter at the Global Cycling Network. He is now working alongside Daniel Lloyd, Manon Lloyd and many other former professional cyclists at GCN.

Are Dan Lloyd and Manon Lloyd related?

Is Manon Lloiyd and Dan Lloyd family? No.

How tall is Simon Richardson?

6′ 0″

Why did Matt leave GCN?

On 24 April 2018, he announced on the weekly Global Cycling Network (GCN) show that he would leave GCN, shifting his focus to race commentary work and live events.

What happened to Simon Richardson?

Simon Richardson, sales manager for Endura, died on Sunday following a bike accident. Simon was riding in Henley, in the U.K. when the accident occurred.