Stephanie Morton

Stephanie Morton, (born 28 November 1990) is a retired Australian track cyclist who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. She has won national and international cycling titles, and was Felicity Johnson's tandem pilot at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a gold medal.

Personal Stephanie Morton was born in Adelaide on 28 November 1990. , she works for the "Bee Safe on Bikes" education program for junior primary school students.

In 2012, she participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles as the pilot for Johnson, and finished first in the B tandem 1 km time trial and the B Tandem sprint. At the 2012 London Paralympics, they won a gold medal in the Women's 1 km Time Trial B event, and were subsequently awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."

In November 2012, Morton came first in the Keirin and second in the sprint at the Oceania Track Championships. In February 2014, she scored an upset win at the Australian track cycling championships by beating Anna Meares in the Keiren for the first time. Meares tweeted a photo of a cap that she had signed for Morton five years before, on which she had written: "Steph, maybe one day you'll beat me".

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Morton competed in the track sprint and 500 m time trial, while Johnson had a new partner, Holly Takos. Morton rode a personal best time of 34.079 in the 500 m time trial at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, but won silver after Anna Meares posted a faster time. However, she defeated Meares in the track sprint, winning two heats to none in the best-of-three final to take the gold medal.

Major results

2011 1st Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (Pilot for Felicity Johnson) 1st Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial, New Zealand Oceania Para-Cycling Regional Cup (Pilot for Felicity Johnson) 2012 1st Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial, Paralympic Games (Pilot for Felicity Johnson) UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 1st Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial (Pilot for Felicity Johnson) 1st Tandem B – Sprint (Pilot for Felicity Johnson) 2013 Melbourne Cup on Wheels 1st Keirin 2nd Sprint 2014 Oceania Track Championships

Commonwealth Games

Adelaide Cycling Grand Prix 1st Sprint 2nd Keirin 1st Sprint, Super Drome Cup 2nd Sprint, South Australian Track Classic 2015 Oceania Track Championships

3rd Sprint, Super Drome Cup 2016 Austral 1st Keirin 1st Sprint Oceania Track Championships

2nd Sprint, ITS Melbourne DISC Grand Prix 2nd Sprint, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix

2016 Summer Olympic Games =13th Cycling Track Keirin 13th Cycling Track Sprint 4th Cycling Track Sprint 2017 Oceania Track Championships

Australian Track Championships

ITS Melbourne – DISC Grand Prix 1st Keirin 1st Sprint ITS Melbourne – Hisense Grand Prix 1st Keirin 1st Sprint Austral 1st Keirin 2nd Sprint UCI World Track Championships

2018 Commonwealth Games