 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Formo | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1978 [1] Sydney[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Disability | Visual impairment | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Coast | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Formston (born 21 July 1978) is a legally blind Australian Professional Para Surfer and former professional Para Cyclist.[2] Formston won gold and silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and represented Australia with pilot Nick Yallouris, at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2] Formston also holds three consecutive world titles for Surfing (2017, 2018 and 2020) at the ISA Para Surfing World Championships[3] (VI Division) as the 2016 to 2019 Australian Champion, 2018 and 2019 US Adaptive Open (Gold) and 2017, 2018, 2019 Dukes Ocean Fest Hawaii Gold medalist.[4]
- ^ a b "Rider Profiles". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Matt Formston - Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "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". www.surfingaustralia.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Stewart And Formston Win Gold At Duke's OceanFest". www.surfingaustralia.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.