Matthew Formston

Matthew Formston

Matthew Formston( amuru ya na 21 July n'afo 1978) obu onye Australian kpuru isi nke professional Para Surfer na onye bu bu professional Para cyclist. Formston nwetere medals ola ocha na ola edo Maka Meri omeriri na 2014na 2015 UCL para cycling Track World Championships biakwa nochie Anya Australia na pilot Nick Yallouris, n'afo 2016 Rio Paralympics. Formston jikwa aha ato nke Surfing (2017, 2018, na 2020) na Isa Para Surfing World Championships (Vi Division) dika 2016 ruo 2019 Meri Australian, 2018 na 2019 US Adaptive Open(Gold) nakwa 2017,2018,2019 Dukes Oceans Fest Hawaii Gold medalist.[1] [2][3]

Onye ọ bụla

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A mụrụ Formston na 21 Julaị 1978 na Sydney, New South Wales. Mgbe ọ dị afọ ise, a chọpụtara na Formston nwere Macular Dystrophy mechara belata anya ya na 0% nke etiti na 3% nke akụkụ.[4] Ọ kpuru ìsì n'ụzọ iwu. Site na diplọma nke sayensị ahụike na nnukwu azụmaahịa na asọmpi egwuregwu, Formston nwere ọrụ nchịkwa mba dị ka Onye isi nke Sustainability na Corporate Social Responsibility. [5][6] Ọ bụkwa onye ọkà okwu a na-achọsi ike, onye nkuzi azụmahịa ma na-enye ọzụzụ ọzụzụ iji kwalite ndị otu na-arụ ọrụ dị elu na ndị isi na-eguzogide. Matt Formston na nwunye ya Rebecca nwere ụmụ atọ ma biri na Central Coast nke New South Wales.

Egwuregwu asọmpi

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Formston's cycling career began in 2009 while on a charity ride for the Macular Disease Foundation.[7] The ride took Formston from Sydney to Melbourne and he successfully completed it on a single bike. In 2012, Formston was named the Central Coast Cyclist of the Year.[5] Formston originally rode competitively with Phillip Thuaux in 2010 before pairing with Mick Curran in 2012 as a tandem partner and the pair were known as OzTandem.[8] Curran, a fully sighted competitor, held the role of pilot for the duo. They went on to win gold in both track and road cycling on most continents around the globe and amassed 12 Australian National Titles between 2012 and 2016.[9]

N'afọ 2013, ha abụọ nwetara ọla edo na Tandem Road Race na UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup na Canada. N'afọ 2014, Formston na Curran setịpụrụ ihe ndekọ ụwa ọhụrụ na ihe omume Tandem Pursuit na-eme ka oge nke 4:11.213. N'otu afọ ahụ, ha weghachiri ihe nrite ọla edo na 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships na Aguascalientes, Mexico. Formston na Curran sonyere na 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships na Apeldoorn, Netherlands ma mechie nke abụọ na Tandem Pursuit.

Njikọ Formston na Curran gafere igwe kwụ otu ebe na ha abụọ malitere azụmahịa nke ha a maara dị ka Champion Vision.

Na 2016 Rio Paralympics, onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ịnyịnya ígwè ọhụrụ nke Formston bụ Nick Yallouris si Chittaway Point, New South Wales mechara kwupụta ezumike nká ya site na asọmpi ịnyịnya ígwè n'otu afọ ahụ.[10]

N'afọ 2016, e nyere Formston New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship iji gaa n'ihu na-achụso ịgba ịnyịnya ígwè na ịnya ụgbọ mmiri.

N'afọ 2017, Formston pụtara n'akụkụ Ron McCallum na oge nke abụọ nke ABC's You Can't Ask That nke akpọrọ "Blind People".

Dị ka onye ọkachamara na-agba ọsọ, Formston bụ onye mmeri ụwa nke Para Surfing ugbu a, na-emeri 2017, 2018 na 2020 ISA World Para Surfing Championships (VI Division). [11] O meriri na 2016, 2017, 2018 na 2019 Australian Championships nakwa na 2018 na 2020 US Adaptive Open (Gold). [12] Na mgbakwunye, Formston nwetara 2017, 2018 na 2019 Dukes Ocean Fest Hawaii (Gold) [3] wee buru ụlọ 2018 Huntington Adaptive Pro (Gold).

Formston nwere ọtụtụ ndị na-akwado ịnya ụgbọ mmiri gụnyere Firewire, Slater Designs na Billabong.

Ndị isi na ndị nkuzi ọkachamara

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Matt Formston bụ onye ọkà okwu a na-achọsi ike na idu ndú atụmatụ, na-enye ọzụzụ azụmaahịa na nkwado ọrụ ọkachamara.[13] Dị ka onye nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo, onye nwere aha ụwa na onye egwuregwu Paralympic, Formston na-eji ahụmịhe ya dị ukwuu na Nkà mmụta uche egwuregwu, anya, idozi ihe mgbaru ọsọ yana ahụmịhe ụlọ ọrụ dị ka onye isi azụmaahịa na-aga nke ọma iji nye usoro iji gbanwee ihe ịma aka n'ime ike.

Formston enyewo onye ọ bụla na otu nkuzi nye ọtụtụ ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ dị ka Hewlett Packard, Tesla, Pepsi Co, Optus, Lend Lease, Institution of Civil Engineers, Deloitte, Orthoptics Australia, Vision Australia na Mahadum Macquarie.

Dị ka Onye isi oche nke Macquarie Business Park Partnership, Formston eduziwo ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ iji nye usoro ọgbara ọhụrụ iji merie ọdachi obodo.[14]

  1. Matt Formston - Paralympics Australia (en-AU). Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  2. Team Australia's Bloom and Formston Claim Gold Medals at the 2018 Stance ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship presented by the City of San Diego (en). www.surfingaustralia.com. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stewart And Formston Win Gold At Duke's OceanFest (en). www.surfingaustralia.com. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  4. Website. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved on 2024-05-30.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cycling Australia > High Performance > Rider Profiles > Male > Matthew Formston (2015-09-23). Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  6. From blind cycling to surfing, meet Matt Formston. www.optus.com.au. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  7. Duncan (2016-08-26). Matt hops on his bike for Rio's games|photos (en). Great Lakes Advocate. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  8. Oz Tandem:The Most Inspirational Cycling Team You'll Ever Meet (en-US). BetaView (2013-03-25). Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  9. News - Blind Sports NSW - revolutioniseSPORT. www.blindsportsnsw.com.au. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  10. Matt Formston - Paralympics Australia (en-AU). Retrieved on 2020-04-17.
  11. Aussie Pair Formston & Bloom Win Gold At 2020 AmpSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championship (en). www.surfingaustralia.com. Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  12. Results – US Open Adaptive Surfing Championships.s (en-US). Retrieved on 2020-04-16.
  13. Website. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved on 2024-05-30.
  14. LinkedIn Profile.