Ian Marsden
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Full name | Ian James Marsden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Stafford, England | 25 January 1972|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paracanoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | KL1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trentham Canoe Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Colin Radmore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian James Marsden (born 25 January 1972 in Stafford[1]) is a British paracanoeist, hand cyclist and was previously a champion powerlifter.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the Men's KL1 200m.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Marsden began his professional life as a microbiologist.[4][5]
Sporting career
[edit]Powerlifting
[edit]Before sustaining a spinal injury, Marsden competed as a non-disabled athlete at the British Open Powerlifting Championships, and titled in 1989 when he was 17.[4] He holds 3 world records.[6]
Handcycling
[edit]After the spinal injury, he became the "first British male to win a podium position"[7] on the European Handcycling Circuit (EHC).[4]
Shooting
[edit]In the 10m air rifle category, Marsden won a silver and bronze medal at world level.[8] He was due to compete in London 2012, but health complications prevented this.[6]
Paracanoe
[edit]Marsden has mentioned that he was asked numerous times if he wanted to try Paracanoe (during his handcycling career and shooting).[4] He took up the offer of regular training at Nottingham and joined the Paracanoe GB Sprint Team,[9][10] representing Team Great Britain since 2013. He won a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.[3]
Injury
[edit]Marsden sustained a spinal injury powerlifting, which caused his hospitalisation and eventually introducing him to the world of handcycling. However, after competing on the European circuit for a number of years, Marsden was once again hospitalised, and it was discovered that he had a rare motor neuron condition.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ian Marsden | British Canoeing". www.britishcanoeing.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Ian Marsden's journey from powerlifter to Paralympic hopeful on water". BBC Sport. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Ian Marsden". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d "ianmarsden.com". www.ianmarsden.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Trentham's Ian Marsden wins bronze at Paralympics". Stoke Sentinel. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Ian Marsden". rio.paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ ontrack2016. "Ian Marsden named in 2016 Paralympic Team | On Track Magazine". www.ontrackmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ian Marsden – 9BAR". 9bar.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Ian Marsden proud to be representing Great Britain at Paralympics". Stoke Sentinel. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Nottingham-based quartet qualify for Rio 2016 Paralympic finals". Nottingham Post. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.[permanent dead link]
External links
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Stafford
- British powerlifters
- British male cyclists
- British male sport shooters
- British male canoeists
- Paralympic canoeists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in paracanoe
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in paracanoe
- British Paralympic medalist stubs
- British canoeist stubs