Darren Kenny

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Darren Kenny
  • Residence: Verwood, Dorset
  • DOB: 17 March 1970
  • Disability:Acquired brain injury and partial lesions of the spine
  • Region: South West England
  • Home Town: Verwood, Dorset
  • Club: Dave Mellor Cycles
  • Website: www.darrenkenny.co.uk
Career highlights
2008 Paralympic Games: Individual Pursuit Gold; 1km Time Trial Gold; Road Race Gold; Team Sprint Gold; Road Time Trial Silver
2007 World Disability Championships: Kilo Gold; Pursuit Gold; Time Trial Bronze; Road Race Bronze
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What is your sporting ambition?
Winning five gold medals in London 2012
What was your inspiration to take up your sport?
Seeing Daley Thompson winning the decathlon gold at the Moscow 1980 Olympics and my grandparents taking me to see the Milk Race in 1981
What are your interests outside of sport?
I'm interested in psychology and I like to spend as much time as I can with my family, my son Brandon and wife Maria
In your mind, what's the most memorable moment of past Olympics/Paralympics?
For me, the closing ceremony in Beijing 2008 Paralympics was spectacular and seeing crowds everywhere inside the stadium was amazing.
What three words best describe you?
Ready for London!
Who should light the flame for London 2012?
Daley Thompson
If you were a character from a film, who would you be and why?
Charlie from Charlie's Angels because nobody knows who I am or what I look like.


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