James Brown (cyclist)

James Brown, born on 8 October 1964, is a former Northern Irish Paralympic cyclist who competed for Great Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland and took part in five Paralympic Games in various sports. He has been visually impaired from birth and began cycling at five and running at thirteen while at the Royal National College for the Blind. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York City he won two gold medals in athletics, in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won bronze in the men's road time trial with his sighted pilot Damien Shaw. He had also joined the British team for the 1982 Disabled Alpine World Championships after skiing instruction.