Find out all about the Canadian Paralympian, Lora Fachie including her bio, eye condition, husband, and more in detail
Lora Marie Fachie is a visually impaired English racing cyclist who competes in para-cycling tandem road and track events. Lora is a double world champion, with pilot Corrine Hall, in the tandem road race and 1 km time trial events.
Her fans and well-wisher are want to know about her personal life including her parents, husband. They are mainly interested to know about Fachie’s eye condition. Thus, we have collected all that we could find about Lora.
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Bio-Wiki of the Canadian Paralympian
Lora Fachie was born on 4 September 1988 in Liverpool. As per her educational background, the cyclist did her schooling at Gateacre School in Liverpool as a child and matriculated to the University of Birmingham where she studied physiotherapy.
In 2009, while still being at the university, she started her pursuit in cycling. The 32-year-old has a very sports-influenced family, both of her brothers have represented England in VI (visually impaired) cricket and Roy played 5-a-side football for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Speaking of Lora’s parents, she has kept them under the radar. Talking about her height, Fachie’s height is about 6 feet and weighs 70kg. Likewise, she has Canadian nationality.
What’s about Lora Fachie Eye Condition! Also, Learn about Her Cooking
Fachie’s eye condition is the main reason that we are writing this article. Fachie has a hereditary sight loss condition. It is also called visual impairment or vision loss. The condition decreases the ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.
Furthermore, Roy and Mark, and her mother also have the same eye condition. When Lora was just five years old she lost her sight, leaving her only with light perception. Reports claim that currently, she uses a guide dog. The dog’s name is Tai and helps her at home. Lora also expressed that she didn’t want to leave her dog, but had to while she traveled to Tokyo. However, Fachie’s eye condition has not stopped her from sharing her experience with food.Â
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She is very keen on cooking and in her spare time writes a food blog. In an interview, Lora was also asked about the Paralympic and the effect it has on her life. She responded by saying that it is unity in diversity. It doesn’t matter what your background is where you come from, whether you’ve gained a disability or were born with a disability, everyone involved is just an amazing athlete.
Who Is Lora Fachie Husband?
The famous cyclist, Lora Fachie is married to Neil Fachie. In fact, Neil is also a Paralympian from Scotland and a pretty accomplished one. Talking more about Fachie’s husband, Neil is currently 37-years-old and was born on 12 March 1984.
His journey to success as a sprinter in Beijing. However, later he switching to the bike and later won gold and silver in London and silver in Rio. In London, Neil won the gold medal in the Men’s individual 1 km time trial. And silver in the individual sprint, both with Barney Storey as his sighted pilot.
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In the same event, Neil’s wife failed to win a medal in London but along with Hall claimed gold and bronze four years later. Lora describes their relationship saying that they want each other to win but it doesn’t change anything if they don’t. And it is always great to see Neil go and win.
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