{"id":1711,"date":"2012-08-30T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1711"},"modified":"2012-08-30T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:48:40","slug":"paralympics-british-armed-forces-hero-jon-allan-butterworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/paralympics-british-armed-forces-hero-jon-allan-butterworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics British armed forces hero – Jon-Allan Butterworth"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jon-Allan Butterworth is a 26-year-old cyclist who is taking part in the Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n
Butterworth joined the RAF at the age of 16 in 2002 and lost his left arm in a rocket attack on Basra Air Station back in 2007.<\/p>\n
After linking up with the British Para-Cycling Development Programme via military charity Battle Back, he took part in the 350-mile Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike Ride in 2008, which whetted his appetite for the sport and he has not looked back since.<\/p>\n
Butterworth was inspired by the efforts of Sir Chris Hoy in the Beijing Olympic Games, when the Scot took home three gold medals in the velodrome.<\/p>\n
He specialises in the Kilo and Individual Pursuit disciplines – indeed he currently holds the world record for the 1km time trial – while his disability classification is C5.<\/p>\n
The rider – who does not get fazed by speeding around the arena, but does not enjoy going down hills – has since developed into one of the best para-cyclists in the world and is a strong favourite to land a gold medal at the Paralympics.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jon-Allan Butterworth will be going for gold at the Paralympic Games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n