Stephen Bate

Stephen Stanley Bate (born 24 August 1977) is a New Zealand–British para-cyclist who competes in tandem races as an athlete with a visual impairment. Since 2014, Bate has been piloted by Adam Duggleby. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the pair won gold in the men's individual pursuit B and men's road time trial B, and bronze in the men's road race B. The pair are current World Tandem B Time Trial champions, after winning the title in 2021 at the UCI Paracycling World Championships in Cascais, Portugal.

Cycling career Bate was introduced to the ideas of para-cycling by friend and Great Britain team member Karen Darke; both of whom have conquered El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Bate has climbed the rock face 3 times including a solo ascent of Zodiac, becoming the first visually impaired person to achieve this.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Duggleby and Bate won silver in the men's individual pursuit B.

At the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, Bate competed with sighted pilot Christopher Latham in the men's pursuit B. The pair set a new world record in qualifying to reach the gold medal final. However, previous world record holders Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos of the Netherlands retook the world record in their qualifying run and went on to beat Bate and Latham in the final, meaning the British pair won a silver medal.

In October 2025, Bate and his pilot Chris Latham won the gold medal in the men's tandem (B) individual pursuit at the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, marking the final world title of Bate's career.

Following the event, he announced his retirement from elite competition, concluding a 12-year tenure on the Great Britain Cycling Team's Para-cycling performance programme.

Personal history Bate was born (in 1977) and brought up in New Zealand and attended Mount Albert Grammar School, from 1991-1994, before moving to Moray in Scotland in adulthood. He has Retinitis Pigmentosa which has left him with a 10% field of vision.