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Toby Gold

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Toby Gold
Personal information
Born (1994-09-27) 27 September 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sportwheelchair racing
EventSprints
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
2016 Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Paralympic Games 100 m T33
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 100 m T33
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha 100 m T33
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Grosseto 100 m T33

Toby Gold (born 27 September 1994) is an English wheelchair racer.[1] He is classified as a T33 athlete and competes primarily in sprint events, winning the 100m gold in the 2016 European Championships and silver at the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Personal history

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Gold was born in England in 1994.[2] He was educated at Wimbledon College and St Mary's University, Twickenham, both Roman Catholic schools. He studied Sports Science at St Mary's.[1]

Athletics career

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Gold first became involved in athletics after being spotted playing wheelchair basketball in 2011. He was invited to try out at Kingsmeadow Athletics Stadium in Kingston, and subsequently joined the wheelchair training squad.[3] By 2012 he was classified as a T33 disability athlete and began competing at national meets, mainly in sprint events.[4]

During 2013 and 2014 Gold kept competing at national competitions winning gold medals at IWAS World Junior Games.[4] In May 2014 he travelled to Notwill in Switzerland to compete at his first overseas event, where he collected gold in both the 100m and 200m events.[4] Gold first represented Great Britain in a major international meet at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha.

Due to the absence of any 200m and 400m events, Gold only contested the 100m race, where he finished third to collect the bronze medal.[1] The following year, in the buildup to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Gold appeared at the European Championships in Grosseto. In a limited field, Gold finished first, beating fellow British athlete Dan Bramall into second place. Gold's finishing time of 17.64 was more than a second a half faster than his result the year previous in Doha. Gold won a Silver Medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gold, Toby, IPC, archived from the original on 16 August 2016, retrieved 14 July 2016
  2. ^ Athlete Profile: Gold, Toby, paralympic.org, retrieved 14 July 2016
  3. ^ Toby Gold profile, readycharity.org, retrieved 14 July 2016
  4. ^ a b c Toby Gold profile, thepowerof10.info, retrieved 14 July 2016
  5. ^ "Paralympics: Tennis trio victorious, silver for Gold". westlondonsport.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.