Patrick Bos (born 20 August 1987) is a Dutch cyclist who rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track and road events. He competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games, having won four medals.

Patrick Bos
Personal information
Born20 August 1987 (1987-08-20) (age 37)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Sport
SportParalympic road cycling
Paralympic track cycling
Medal record
Men's para-cycling
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual pursuit B
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Individual pursuit B
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Road time trial B
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Road race B
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 1 km time trial B
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio Individual pursuit B
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Individual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Montichiari Tandem B sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montichiari Time trial B
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro individual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rio de Janeiro Time trial B
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit B
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Time trial B
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Time trial B
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Time trial B
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Road race B
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Road race B
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cascais Road race B

Career

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Along with Rinne Oost, Bos won the bronze medal in the men's 1 km time trial B event.[1][2][3] At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Tristan Bangma and Bos won the bronze medal in the men's time trial B event.[4] Along with Stephen de Vries, Bos won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Rinne Oost". paralympic.org.
  2. ^ "Zilveren medaille Norbruis op Paralympics, brons voor Oost". NU.nl (in Dutch). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Neil Fachie and Barney Storey win tandem gold". Evening Standard. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Apeldoorn 2019: Sensational Sarah Storey". paralympic.org. 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ Andrews, Ryan (8 September 2016). "Chalifour, Lachance fail to advance to cycling finals". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2022.