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Ellen Hunter

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Ellen Hunter, born on 12 February 1968 in Wrexham, is a Welsh competitive cyclist and tandem pilot for Aileen McGlynn at Paralympic events. She and McGlynn broke the flying 200 metre women's tandem world record in April 2004. Hunter met her husband Paul through cycling, and both were selected to ride as pilots for visually impaired cyclists at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens as part of the British Cycling team. In Athens McGlynn and Hunter won gold in the women's time trial B-13 and silver in the individual sprint, and in 2008 in Beijing they won gold in the kilo, setting a new world record time.

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1968 1
Gender
Female 1
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Para or Adaptive 1
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Hunter met her husband Paul through cycling, and both were selected to ride as pilots for visually impaired cyclists at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, as part of the British Cycling
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    (born 12 February 1968, Wrexham)
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    Hunter and McGlynn broke the flying 200m women's tandem World record in April 2004.
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    Ellen Hunter (born 12 February 1968, Wrexham) is a Welsh competitive cyclist and tandem pilot for Aileen McGlynn at Paralympic events.
  • Lead, nationality
    Hunter met her husband Paul through cycling, and both were selected to ride as pilots for visually impaired cyclists at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, as part of the British Cycling
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