Emily Petricola

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Emily Petricola {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} (born 24 April 1980) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She is a world record holder, gold medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics{{Cite web |title=World And Paralympic Champions Feature Among Tokyo-Bound Para-Cyclists |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/world-and-paralympic-champions-feature-among-tokyo-bound-para-cyclists/ |website=Paralympics Australia |date=9 July 2021 |access-date=10 July 2021}} She is a multiple gold medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. .

Personal

In 2007 at the age of 27, Petricola was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She used to teach English in a private school.{{cite web |title=5 Questions with Emily Petricola |url=https://www.skcc.com.au/5-questions-with-emily-petricola/ |website=St Kilda Cycling Club website |accessdate=17 March 2019}} She is a qualified English and humanities teacher.{{cite news |first=Daniela |last=Intili |title=Emily Petricola went from feeling broken to breaking records. Now she is eyeing Paralympic gold |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-15/emily-petricola-para-cyclist-journey-to-tokyo-paralympics-ms/10036968001 |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=17 September 2024}}

Cycling

Petricola is classified as a C4 cyclist.{{cite web |title=PETRICOLA Emily |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/emily-petricola_3415334 |work=Paris 2024 Paralympics |access-date=17 September 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/emily-petricola_3415334 alternate link]) In her first major international competition at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won the silver medal in Women's Pursuit C4 and the bronze medal in the Women's 500m Time Trial.{{cite web |title=10 medals for Australia at Para-cycling Track Worlds |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/10-medals-for-australia-at-para-cycling-track-worlds/ |website=Australian Paralympic Committee website |accessdate=17 March 2019}} In the Women's Pursuit C4 heats she set a world record time.

In 2019, she relocated from Melbourne to the Australian Cycling Team headquarters in Adelaide. At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Pursuit C4. After breaking the world record in qualifying, in the final she overtook her opponent to win the gold. She also won the bronze medal in the Women's Scratch Race C4.{{cite web |title=2019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships - Day 3 Report |url=https://www.uci.org/track/news/2019/2019-uci-para-cycling-track-world-championships---day-3-report |website=UCI Cycling website |access-date=17 March 2019}}

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C4 and finished fifth in the Women's Road Race C4.{{Cite web |title=Team Australia finishes top para road-worlds |url=https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/para-australia-finishes-on-top-with-nine-gold-at-2019-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships |website=Cycling Australia |access-date=16 September 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825064448/https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/para-australia-finishes-on-top-with-nine-gold-at-2019-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships |archive-date=25 August 2021}}

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, she won three gold medals - Women's Individual Pursuit C4, Women's Omnium C4 and Women's Scratch Race C4.{{Cite web |title=Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships |url=https://cycling.org.au/nat/australia-secure-eight-world-titles-2020-para-cycling-track-world-championships |website=Cycling Australia website |date=3 February 2020 |access-date=4 February 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204032034/https://cycling.org.au/nat/australia-secure-eight-world-titles-2020-para-cycling-track-world-championships |archive-date=4 February 2020}}

Petricola in her first Paralympic Games in 2020Tokyo, won the Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C4, setting a world record time of 3:38.061 in the qualifying for the gold medal race.{{Cite web |title=Emily Petricola Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1404422-petricola-emily.htm |website=Tokyo Paralympic Games Official Results |access-date=25 August 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825061349/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1404422-petricola-emily.htm |archive-date=25 August 2021}} She won the silver medal in the Women's Road Time Trial C4 and finished tenth in the Women's Road Race C4–5.

Petricola won the silver medal in the Women's Time Trial C4 and did not finish the Women's Road Race C4 at 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau.{{Cite web |title=2022 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Official Results |url=https://www.rsstiming.com/Resultats/UCIPara/RoadWCh/2022BaieComeau/doc/2022-BaieComeau-Wch-OfficialBook.pdf |website=RSSTiming |access-date=15 August 2022}}

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won three gold medals - Women's Pursuit C4, Women's Scratch Race C4 and Women's Omnium C4.{{Cite web |title=Results - UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships |url=https://paraworlds2022.veloresults.com/ |website=UCI |date=21 October 2022 |access-date=22 October 2022}}

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won two gold medals - Women's Pursuit C4 and Women's Omnium C4 and silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C4.{{Cite web |title=2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships |url=https://paraworlds2024.veloresults.com/ |website=paraworlds2024.veloresults.com |access-date=24 March 2024}}

She won gold medal in the Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in a world record time of 3:35.856.{{cite web |title=Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-cycling-track/women-s-c4-3000m-individual-pursuit/fnl--------- |work=Paris 2024 Paralympics |access-date=17 September 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/resultados/ciclismo-en-pista/persecucion-individual-femenino-3000m-c4/fnl--------- alternate link]) She finished fourth in the Women's road time trial C4 and eleventh in the Women's road race C4-5.

Recognition

2023 - 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 {{Cite web |title=Australia Day 2022 Honours List |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf |website=Governor-General of Australia |access-date=26 January 2022}}
2022 - AusCycling - Women’s Track Para-cyclist of the Year{{Cite web |title=Jai Hindley is the Santini AusCycling Cyclist of the Year |url=https://www.auscycling.org.au/nat/news/jai-hindley-oppy-2022 |website=AusCycling |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=15 December 2022}}
2022 - Australian Institute of Sport - Female Para-athlete of The Year{{Cite web |title=Jessica Stenson and Athletics among big winners at AIS Sport Performance Awards |url=https://www.ais.gov.au/media-centre/news/jessica-stenson-and-athletics-among-big-winners-at-ais-sport-performance-awards |website=Australian Sports Commission |date=15 December 2022 |access-date=16 December 2022}}
2023 - Victorian Institute of Sport Para Athlete of The Year
2024 - Victorian Institute of Sport Para Athlete of The Year with Qian Yang
2024 - AusCycling - Women’s Track Para-cyclist of the Year{{Cite web |title=Grace Brown & Saya Sakakibara are the AusCycling Cyclists of the Year |url=https://auscycling.org.au/news/oppy-2024 |website=AusCycling |access-date=11 December 2024}}

References

External links

{{IPC|emily-petricola}}
{{Paralympics Australia|emily-petricola}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002246/https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/emily-petricola.html Emily Petricola] at Cycling Australia (archived)
[http://www.vis.org.au/athletes-sports/athletes/emily-petricola/ Victorian Institute of Sport Profile]

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Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia

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