Jason Queally
Date of birth: 11/05/1970
From: Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Previous teams: Team SIS
Jason Queally career profile
Jason Queally hit the headlines in September 2000 when he won Great Britain's first gold medal in the Sydney Olympics.
Queally set a new Games record on his way to victory in the 1km time trial, two years after he took silver in the discipline at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Having been a keen swimmer - he represented Lancaster and British Universities in Water Polo - he turned to cycling at 25 because he wanted to compete in triathlons.
He benefited from Lottery funding, but his career was nearly ended in a freak accident while competing at the Meadowbank track in Edinburgh. He was impaled by an 18-inch long, one-and-a-half inch wide splinter which entered through his back.
Queally required 70 stitches and, had it pierced his chest cavity, it would probably have killed him. He was told by Doctors that it was probably the thickness of his chest muscles, a legacy of his swimming training, that saved his life.
As a result, he never cycled in a group race, competing in the individual and team sprint and the 1km time trial from then on.
The outsider to win gold in Sydney, Queally was not selected to defend his medal four years later in Athens. Instead he competed solely in the team sprint; Team GB were eliminated in the first round.
Despite strong performances in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and various World Cup events, Queally was not selected for the Beijing Olympics. He announced his retirement, but in 2010 began training with the GB team pursuit squad.
Just months later he was part of the team to triumph at the European Track Championships, yet has since admitted that the competition for places in the discipline is too fierce.
Queally then turned his attentions to London 2012, in a bid to get selected for the men's sprint team. However after failing to do so, he now plays the role of pilot in the Paralympic pursuit team.
Jason Queally results
2011
National champion, team sprint
2010
European Track Championships, team pursuit, first
2007
Los Angeles Track World Cup meet, team sprint, third
Beijing Track World Cup meet, team sprint, third
2006
National Track Championships, team sprint, first
Commonwealth Games, 1km time trial, silver
Commonwealth Games, team sprint, silver
2005
World Track Championships, team sprint, gold
World Track Championships, 1km time trial, silver
Moscow Track World Cup meet, 1km time trial, first
Los Angeles Track World Cup meet, 1km time trial, second
2004
Track World Cup meet, 1km time trial, second
Track World Cup meet, team sprint, second
World Track Championships, team sprint, bronze
2003
Cape Town Track World Cup meet, team sprint, first
World Track Championships, team sprint, bronze
2002
Moscow Track World Cup meet, team sprint, first
Commonwealth Games, 1km time trial, silver
Commonwealth Games, team sprint, silver
2001
World Track Championships, team sprint, bronze
2000
Olympic Games, 1km time trial, gold
Olympic Games, sprint, silver
World Track Championships, team sprint, silver
World Track Championships, 1km time trial, bronze
1999
World Track Championships, team sprint, silver
Mexico City Track World Cup meet, team sprint, first
Mexico City Track World Cup meet, 1km time trial, second
1998
Commonwealth Games, 1km time trial, silver
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