Blaine's Profile

Men’s C5 para track sprinter and three-time world champion Blaine Hunt took up cycling in 2017, and this summer in Paris, he will make his Paralympic debut and go for gold.

As a teenager, during what should have been a routine knee surgery, Blaine faced a life-altering event, sustaining nerve damage to his right leg due to a surgical mishap. This resulted in problems with his mobility in that leg, including a limited range of motion in the ankle joint. Hunt became eligible to compete as a para cyclist as a result of his injuries, and he joined the Great Britain Cycling Team in March 2021.

Hunt competed in his first UCI Para Track World Championships in 2017 in Rio, and it was a hugely successful debut, seeing him claim a Bronze in the C5 1km time-trial – or ‘kilo’ – event. Blaine also competed in the C5 individual pursuit and scratch races as well as the overall omnium event. Blaine set the world record for the C5 flying 200m as part of the Paris Track World Championship Omnium in 2023.

Hunt has successfully defended his title in the kilo not once, not twice but three times, first at the 2023 championships in Glasgow, and again just this year in Rio de Janeiro, in an early competition that has set up expectations for the Paralympics this summer. Hunt claimed two more medals at the event, riding to silver in the mixed team sprint with Jaco van Gass, Kadeena Cox and Jody Cundy. He also succeeded in completing a full set of medals, with bronze in the C5 omnium, his best result in the combined event to date.

Prior to his professional cycling career, Hunt worked in the television industry, covering major sporting events such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Champions League for major UK broadcasters. He still works periodically for Reuters news agency. Now, in addition to his own competitive racing, Blaine is a qualified British Cycling track coach and founder of his own coaching business.

This summer, Hunt will return to the place he won his first world title to try and claim his first Paralympic medal and given the form he has shown so far this year, confidence will be high that his debut will be one to celebrate.

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