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Devon Briggs (born 13 January 2004) is a New Zealand para-cyclist who competes in road and track events. He represented New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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| Born | 13 January 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cambridge, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Clubfoot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Damian Wiseman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Briggs was born with severe clubfeet, and has undergone 19 surgeries. He began cycling at ten years old.[2]
Briggs made his international debut for New Zealand at the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won silver medals in the time trial and omnium C4 events.[3] At 18 years old, he was the youngest member for New Zealand's cycling team.[4] He again competed at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won bronze medals in the time trial, individual pursuit, scratch race and omnium C3 events.[5][6][7]
In March 2024, Briggs represented New Zealand at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial C3 event with a world record time of 1:05.259.[8] He also won a silver medal in the omnium and a bronze medal in the individual pursuit.[9] In September 2024, he then competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in fifth place in the individual pursuit C3 event and seventh place in the time trial C1–3 event. He competed in the track cycling events with a fractured sacrum and dislocated coccyx which he suffered in a crash during his final training session in Switzerland.[10] He then withdrew from the road cycling events at the Paralympics.[11]
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