Tyson Lawrence

{{Short description|Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox sportsperson| | name = Tyson Lawrence | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Tyson John Lawrence | nicknames = | nationality = {{AUS}} | club = Australia | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|6|9|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport |Cycling}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing |Men's Individual Pursuit B VI 1-3}} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing |Men's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1-3}} }}

'''Tyson John Lawrence''', OAM<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-27/medal-of-the-order-of-australia-oam/274232|title=Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)|publisher=ABC News|date=27 January 2009|accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> (born 9 June 1978)<ref name=beijing>{{cite book|title=Media guide : Beijing 2008|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143507/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|archivedate=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot, who worked with Kieran Modra at the 2008 Beijing Games. At the games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Individual Pursuit B VI 1-3 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,<ref name="abc"/> and a bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial B VI 1-3 event.<ref name=IPC-AUS>{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=AUS&gender=all&medal=medals&sport=all&games=2008PG|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=5 October 2011}}</ref>

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