Neil Fachie, born on 12 March 1984, is a former Scottish cyclist and track athlete who competed in events for people with a visual impairment. His article describes his Paralympic appearances at Beijing in 2008, as a sprinter, and at London in 2012, as a tandem cyclist, where he won the men's individual 1 km time trial and took silver in the individual sprint, both with Barney Storey as his sighted pilot. Outside the Paralympic Games he is a nineteen time world champion and seven time Commonwealth Games champion, and paired with Craig MacLean he again won gold in both the kilo and the sprint, setting a new world record in the sprint.
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Fachie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to para-cycling.
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Fachie has competed in two Paralympics, as a sprinter in the 2008 Games in Beijing and as a tandem cyclist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
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Fachie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to para-cycling.
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