Jason Niblett
{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
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| fullname = Jason Niblett
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|2|18}}
| birth_place = Horsham, Victoria
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| discipline = Track
| role = Rider, Pilot
| ridertype = Sprinter, Tandem Class Blind
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{{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Apeldoorn|Team sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|Team sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Men's tandem 1 km time trial B}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Men's tandem sprint B}}
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Jason Niblett (born 18 February 1983 in Horsham, Victoria) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/information/finding_sport_information/topic/commonwealth_games/commonwealth_games_2010/australian_team AIS Athletes at 2010 Commonwealth Games] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328021514/http://www.ausport.gov.au/information/finding_sport_information/topic/commonwealth_games/commonwealth_games_2010/australian_team |date=28 March 2012 }}
Niblett served as pilot to Kieran Modra at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where the pair won two silver medals in the Men's tandem sprint B and Men's tandem time trial.{{cite news|title=Interview: Kieran Modra, Jason Niblett|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-27/interview-kieran-modra-jason-niblett/5626814?section=sport|accessdate=26 July 2014|work=ABC Grandstand|date=27 July 2014}} In November 2014, Niblett and Modra were awarded the South Australian Institute of Sport Male Athlete with a Disability of the Year award.{{cite web|title=Cycling Dominate 2014 SASI Awards!|url=http://sasi.sa.gov.au/news/?a=151541|website=South Australian Sports Institute News|date=21 November 2014|accessdate=22 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129112705/http://sasi.sa.gov.au/news/?a=151541|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}
Career highlights
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;2000
:1st Team Sprint, World Championships – Juniors
;2001
:1st Team Sprint, World Championships – Juniors
;2004
:1st Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
;2005
:1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
;2006
:2nd Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
:2nd Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
;2008
:3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
;2010
:1st Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Delhi
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References
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External links
- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{CGA profile|jason-niblett}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|438988}}
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Category:Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Category:Australian male cyclists
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games cyclists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian track cyclists
Category:South Australian Sports Institute alumni
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling
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