Sophie Thornhill

 

Sophie Thornhill, MBE bu onye amụrụ na 9 Febụwarị 1996) bụ onye England na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ nke na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè nke na-asọ mpi na ihe omume ịgba ịnyịnya ígwè. Ọ bụ onye mmeri ụwa ugboro abụọ, ya na onye na-anya ụgbọelu Rachel James, na onye na'asọmpi ọla edo Commonwealth ugboro abụọ, na onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu Helen Scott, na ọsọ ọsọ ọsọ na ihe omume nnwale oge otu kilomita. N'ọnwa Eprel nke afọ puku abuo na iri na ano, o setịpụrụ ihe ndekọ ụwa na ọsọ ọsọ na otu kilomita, nke James na-akwọ.  Ọ lara ezumike nká na asọmpi na afo puku abuo na iri abuo.

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Thornhill sina Poynton dị nso na Stockport na Cheshire. Ọ guru akwukwo na Poynton High School, ma buru kwa onye na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè Sarah Storey, na Loughborough College. [1] Ọ nwere naanị ohere pecenti asaa rue na nke itolu nke ihu uzo ọhụụ n'ihi oculocutaneous albinism, nke na-akpata nkwarụ anya.[1][2] Ọ zutere onye na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè Anthony Kappes, onye na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ, site n'aka nwanne nna ya; ọ gbara ya ume ka ọ zụọ dị ka onye na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè.[1][2][2]

Thornhill malitere ịgba ọsọ dị ka okenye na onwa Mee na afo puku abuo na iri na ato, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asaa. Ọ gbara ọsọ dị ka onye na-ere ọkụ n'azụ otu, ebe onye na-anya ụgbọelu nwere ọhụụ dị mma nọ n'ihu. Ọ bụ onye England na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè Helen Scott, onye ya na ya meriri ihe omume Britain atọ.[2] Na Septemba nke afo puku abuo na iri na ato. ọ gbanwere na onye na-agba ịnyịnya ígwè Welsh bụ Rachel James dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu ya. Oge izizi ya na mba ụwa bịara na James na Disemba na International Paracycling Cup na Newport, Wales, ebe ha abụọ nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo abụọ; oge ha nke 1:09.446 na otu kilomita oge ule furu ihe ndekọ ụwa site na 0.73 sekọnd.[3] 

Nnukwu asọmpi mba ụwa mbụ ya bụ UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships na Aguascalientes, Mexico, n'ọnwa Eprel afọ nke afo puku abuo na iri na ano. Thornhill na James meriri ihe nrite ọla edo na 1 km oge ule; oge ha nke 1:05.912 ji obere ihe na-erughị 3 sekọnd mebie ihe ndekọ ụwa.   Ha abụọ nwetara ọla edo na sprint, na-emeri ndị New Zealand Emma Foy na Laura Fairweather 2-0 na ọkara ikpeazụ, na ndị Australia Brandie O'Connor na Breanna Hargrave 2-0 na nke ikpeazụ. [1] Ha mebiri ihe ndekọ ụwa na agba nke ọsọ ọsọ ahụ site na oge mmalite ụgbọ elu karịa mita 200 nke sekọnd 10.854. [1]   

A họpụtara Thornhill maka ndị otu England na 2014 Commonwealth Games na Glasgow, Scotland, ebe ịgba ịnyịnya ígwè pụtara na nke mbụ ya; mgbe ọ dị afọ 18, ọ bụ onye kachasị nta n'òtù ịgba ịnyịnya ibu.   Ka James na-asọ mpi maka Ndị otu Welsh, Thornhill laghachiri Scott dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu ya iji sọọ mpi na ọsọ ọsọ na ihe omume 1 km oge.[1][2]  Ha abụọ meriri nrite ọla edo na sprint, na-emeri onye mmeri Australian Paralympic Felicity Johnson na onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu Holly Takos 2-0 na ọkara ikpeazụ, na ndị Scotland abụọ Aileen McGlynn na Louise Haston 2-0 na nke ikpeazụ. Ha setịpụrụ ndekọ Commonwealth n'oge iru eru, na oge nke 11.277 sekọnd. [4]  Ha abụọ nwetakwara ọla edo na 1 km oge ule, na oge nke 1:08.187, ihe ndekọ Commonwealth Games. [6]  Ha meriri ndị nwetara ọlaọcha McGlynn na Haston site na ihe karịrị sekọnd 1.5. [7][8]  Sarah Storey kwuru, sị: "Ha nwere mmalite dị mma - ha arụsiwo ọrụ ike n'akụkụ ahụ nke ọzụzụ ha - na oge turbo ha mere ha nwere ike iwebata ya n'ụlọ n'ụzọ siri ike".

Thornhill sonyeere James iji sọọ mpi na 2014 British National Track Championship na Septemba, ebe ha meriri ule oge ngwakọta [3] na ule mmalite oge 200 maka ndị na-agba ịnyịnya kpuru ìsì na ndị na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ. [4]

Na 2016 Rio Paralympics Thornhill meriri ọla edo na 1km oge ikpe B [5] na ọla nchara na onye ọ bụla na-achụ nta B, [1] n'oge abụọ ahụ n'akụkụ Helen Scott.

A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ Onye otu Order of the British Empire (MBE) na 2017 New Year Honours maka ọrụ ịgba ịnyịnya ígwè.

In June 2020 Thornhill announced her retirement from competition, after the 2020 Summer Paralympics were delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She indicated that she would focus on her educational career, taking up a place to study history at Manchester Metropolitan University in September.[6]

Ihe ndekọ

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2014
1st Tandem B 1km time trial, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Rachel James)
1st Tandem B sprint, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Rachel James)
1st Tandem B sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games (with Helen Scott)
1st Tandem B 1km time trial, 2014 Commonwealth Games (with Helen Scott)
1st Para Cycling BVI mixed time trial, British National Track Championships (with Rachel James)
1st Para Cycling BVI 200m flying start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Rachel James)
2015
1st Tandem B sprint, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Helen Scott)[7]
1st Para Cycling BVI 200m mixed standing start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Helen Scott)[8]
1st Para Cycling BVI 200m flying start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Helen Scott)[9]

Ihe odide

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 RIO 2016: SECOND PARALYMPIC MEDAL FOR LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE CYCLIST SOPHIE THORNHILL. Loughborough College. Retrieved on 11 August 2022. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "loughborough" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Hudson_2013
  3. ↑ British National Track Championships 24th–28th September 2014: Communiqué No 008. trackworldcup.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved on 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ National Track Championships: Jess Varnish powers to sprint title. bbc.co.uk (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 28 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Womens B 1000m Time Trial Schedule & Results – Paralympic Cycling Track. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved on 11 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Ballinger (17 June 2020). British Paralympic star Sophie Thornhill announces retirement, aged 24. Cycling Weekly. Retrieved on 21 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Para-cycling Worlds: Fachie and Thornhill claim sprint titles (29 March 2015).
  8. ↑ British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 015: Category Mixed Para Cycling BVI: Event Standing Start Time Trial: Round Final Result.
  9. ↑ British National Track Championship 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 047: Category Female: Event 200m Flying Start TT: Round Final Result.