Anthony Kappes, an MBE born on 1 March 1973 in Stockport, Cheshire, is an English road and track racing cyclist and Paralympian who is partially sighted and competes in the B&VI 1-3 class. He is the world record holder for 200 metres with his pilot Barney Storey, and the pair became in 2006 the first Paralympic team to hold the able-bodied British National Tandem Sprint Championships title. Riding with Storey again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Kappes won gold in the kilo and the sprint.
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Storey and Kappes became the first Paralympic team to hold the able-bodied British National Tandem Sprint Championships title in 2006.
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Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Kappes is partially sighted and competes in the B&VI 1-3 class.
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Storey and Kappes became the first Paralympic team to hold the able-bodied British National Tandem Sprint Championships title in 2006.
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Riding with Storey once more at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Kappes won gold at the Kilo and the Sprint.
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