Neil Fachie

Neil Fachie
OBE
Barney Storey and Neil Fachie, 2010
Personal information
Full nameNeil Fachie
Born (1984-03-12) 12 March 1984 (age 40)
Aberdeen, Scotland
EducationUniversity of Aberdeen
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportAthletics
Cycling
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2008
2012
Medal record
Men's para cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Tandem B sprint
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Tandem B kilo
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manchester Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manchester Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montichiari Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2011 Montichiari Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2015 Apeldoorn Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2015 Apeldoorn Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montichiari Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montichiari Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2020 Milton Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Tandem B team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2012 Los Angeles Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2017 Los Angeles Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2017 Los Angeles Tandem B sprint
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Tandem B kilo
Silver medal – second place 2020 Milton Tandem B sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Tandem B team sprint
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Tandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Tandem B sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Tandem 1 km time trial B
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Tandem sprint B

Neil Michael Fachie OBE (born 12 March 1984) is a Scottish cyclist and former track athlete, competing in events for people with a visual impairment.[1] Fachie has competed in two Paralympics, as a sprinter in the 2008 Games in Beijing and as a tandem cyclist in London 2012. In London he won the gold medal in the Men's individual 1 km time trial and silver in the individual sprint, both with Barney Storey as his sighted pilot. Outside of the Paralympic Games, Fachie is a nineteen-time world champion and 5 times Commonwealth Games champion, creating tandem partnerships with Barney Storey, Pete Mitchell, and Olympians Craig MacLean and Matt Rotherham.

  1. ^ "Neil Fachie". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.