Jon-Allan Butterworth

Jon-Allan Edward Butterworth[1] MBE (born 6 February 1986 in Birmingham)[2] is a British paralympic cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Jon-Allan Butterworth
Medal record
Men's Para-cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroMixed team sprint
2012 LondonKilo - C4-5
2012 London4km pursuit - C5
2012 LondonMixed team sprint
Track World Championships
2011 MontichiariKilo - C5
2012 Los AngelesKilo - C5
2016 MontichiariMixed team sprint
2014 AguascalientesKilo - C5
2016 MontichiariKilo - C5
2014 Aguascalientes4km pursuit - C5

Butterworth lost his left arm in 2007 in an insurgent rocket attack when serving as a senior aircraftman weapons technician with the Royal Air Force at Basra airbase in Iraq. He had previously served in Afghanistan in 2005.[4]

Butterworth got into cycling by taking part in the first Help for Heroes bike ride in 2008, from there he went on to be recognized as talented at a ParalympicsGB Talent ID day

At London 2012 he won silver medals in the C4-5 kilo,[5][6] C5 4km individual Pursuit[7] and mixed team sprint.[8] In the kilo, his C5 world record was beaten by Alfonso Cabello.[9]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he finished in 4th place in the C4-5 1k Time trial, and then won Gold with Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe in the C1-5 750m Team Sprint.[10][11]

Butterworth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[12]

References
  1. JAB H4H bio, H4H bio.
  2. GRO reference: March 1986, Vol. 32, Page 1614
  3. "Jon-Allan Butterworth". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  5. Davies, Gareth (26 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Jon-Allan Butterworth claims most GB Paralympians are just 'having a laugh'". www.dailytelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. "Paralympics 2012: Butterworth silver but Cundy disqualified". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  7. "Men's Ind. C5 Pursuit". london2012.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  8. Butterworth's achievements, Butterworth's Achievements.
  9. The 12 biggest upsets at London 2012, paralympic.org, 14 September 2012, retrieved 22 November 2013
  10. Men's C4-5 1000m Time Trial Schedule & Results – Paralympic Cycling Track Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.
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