# Brandon Lyons

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{{Short description|American para-cyclist (born 1990)}}
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| sport = [Para-cycling](/source/Para-cycling)
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|8}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/brandon-lyons_2487471 |title=Brandon Lyons |work=[Paris 2024 Paralympics](/source/Paris_2024_Paralympics) |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>
| birth_place = [Langhorne, Pennsylvania](/source/Langhorne%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
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{{MedalSport|Men's [Para-cycling](/source/Para-cycling)}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[Road World Championships](/source/UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2019 Emmen](/source/2019_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships)|[Mixed team relay H1–5](/source/2019_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2023 Glasgow](/source/2023_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships)|[Mixed team relay H1–5](/source/2023_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Parapan American Games](/source/Parapan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2019 Lima](/source/2019_Parapan_American_Games)|[Road race H3–5](/source/Cycling_at_the_2019_Parapan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|[Mixed time trial H1–5](/source/Cycling_at_the_2019_Parapan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2023 Santiago](/source/2023_Parapan_American_Games)|[Road time trial H1–5](/source/Cycling_at_the_2023_Parapan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_time_trial_H1%E2%80%935)}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Santiago|[Road race H3–5](/source/Cycling_at_the_2023_Parapan_American_Games)}}
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'''Brandon Lyons''' (born June 8, 1990) is an American [Para-cyclist](/source/Para-cycling). He represented the United States at the [2024 Summer Paralympics](/source/2024_Summer_Paralympics).

==Career==
In 2017, Lyons became the first handcyclist resident athlete at the [U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center](/source/U.S._Olympic_%26_Paralympic_Training_Center) in [Colorado Springs, Colorado](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/brandon-lyons |title=Brandon Lyons |website=teamusa.com |date=August 2, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

Lyons made his international debut for the United States at the [2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships](/source/2019_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships) and won a silver medal in the mixed team relay H1–5 event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usparacycling.org/news/2023/july/27/cody-wills-races-toward-world-championships-debut-alongside-pennsylvania-friend-brandon-lyons |title=Cody Wills Races Toward World Championships Debut Alongside Pennsylvania Friend Brandon Lyons |website=usparacycling.org |first=Paul D. |last=Bowker |date=July 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

Lyons was training to compete at the [2020 Summer Paralympics](/source/2020_Summer_Paralympics), however, an infection in his leg that progressed to the early stages of [sepsis](/source/sepsis) ended his chances of competing at the Paralympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/do-not-publish-brandon-lyons-story/77-e0df1e53-8da0-4b49-bc50-eb4a3a2cfd19 |title='If you really put your mind to it, you can actually achieve anything:' Paralyzed athlete inspires First Coast fans |website=[First Coast News](/source/First_Coast_News) |first=Heather |last=Crawford |date=February 24, 2020 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/article271535007.html |title=The inspiring stories of the Miami Marathon, from Paralympic hopeful to Ukrainian refugee |newspaper=[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald) |first1=David |last1=Wilson |first2=Susan |last2=Miller Degnan |date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

In August 2023, he represented the United States at the [2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships](/source/2023_UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships) and won a bronze medal in the mixed team relay H1–5 event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usparacycling.org/news/2023/june/26/twenty-two-road-cyclists-set-to-represent-u-s-at-2023-para-cycling-world-championships |title=Twenty-two road cyclists set to represent U.S. at 2023 Para-Cycling World Championships |website=usparacycling.org |first=Kristen |last=Gowdy |date=June 26, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usparacycling.org/news/2023/august/13/dana-gaertner-and-lyons-secure-bronze-in-grand-relay-finale- |title=Dana, Gaertner and Lyons Secure Bronze in Grand Relay Finale |website=usparacycling.org |first=Annemarie |last=Blanco |date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref> In November 2023, he represented the United States at the [2023 Parapan American Games](/source/2023_Parapan_American_Games) and won a silver medal in the [road time trial H1–5](/source/Cycling_at_the_2023_Parapan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_time_trial_H1%E2%80%935) event and a bronze medal in the road race H3–5 event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usparacycling.org/news/2023/november/26/team-usa-closes-out-the-parapan-american-games-with-podium-sweep-and-five-additional-medals |title=Team USA closes out the Parapan American Games with podium sweep and five additional medals |website=usparacycling.org |first=Heidi |last=Ledermann |date=November 26, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

On July 8, 2024, Lyons qualified to represent the United States at the [2024 Summer Paralympics](/source/2024_Summer_Paralympics).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/olympics/st-johns-county-handcyclist-compete-2024-paralympics-for-team-usa/77-34d61bb8-5456-4daa-acfc-b6bd9b5aae94 |title=St. Johns County handcyclist to compete in 2024 Paralympics for Team USA |website=[First Coast News](/source/First_Coast_News) |first=Heather |last=Crawford |date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/olympics/mechanicsburg-paralympics-hand-cycling-brandon-lyons/521-6d6d7107-19b9-4349-9289-d57d83d93a88 |title=Mechanicsburg native's recovery journey leads to first Paralympics appearance |website=[Fox43.com](/source/Fox43.com) |first=Ryan |last=Ye |date=August 12, 2024 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On May 24, 2014, during a vacation in [Ocean City, Maryland](/source/Ocean_City%2C_Maryland), Lyons dove from a pier into shallow water breaking his T5/T6 vertebrae which left him paralyzed from the chest down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/05/friends_fundraising_for_cumber.html |title=Friends fundraising for Cumberland Valley graduate who was paralyzed over the weekend |newspaper=[The Patriot-News](/source/The_Patriot-News) |first=Anna |last=Orso |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref> In 2015, he underwent a surgery where they opened his spinal cord and injected 1.2 million stem cells at his injury location, as part of a stem cell clinical trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2017/04/brandon_lyons_paralympics_para.html |title=Former Cumberland Valley athlete paralyzed on vacation to train for 2020 Paralympics |newspaper=[The Patriot-News](/source/The_Patriot-News) |first=Ryan |last=Baillargeon |date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Team USA|new_id=brandon-lyons}}

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Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic cyclists for the United States
Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Category:Parapan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Parapan American Games medalists in cycling
Category:People with paraplegia
Category:Cyclists at the 2019 Parapan American Games

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