15 Facts About Neil Fachie

Neil Michael Fachie was born on 12 March 1984 and is a Scottish cyclist and former track athlete, competing in events for people with a visual impairment.

Outside of the Paralympic Games, Neil Fachie is a nineteen-time world champion and 5 times Commonwealth Games champion, creating tandem partnerships with Barney Storey, Pete Mitchell, and Olympians Craig MacLean and Matt Rotherham.

Neil Fachie, who has a congenital eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa, studied physics at Aberdeen University.

The strength Neil Fachie had built up during his time as a sprinter was instrumental in impressing the Great Britain cycle coaches.

In 2011 Neil Fachie travelled to Montichiari, Italy to compete in his second Para-Cycling Track World Championships.

Neil Fachie entered his third Para-Cycling Track World Championships, this time held in Los Angeles, USA.

Neil Fachie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to para-cycling.

Neil Fachie teamed up with Pete Mitchell for the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Neil Fachie reunited with Craig MacLean for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the pairing won double gold in the kilo time trial and sprint B tandem.

Neil Fachie, piloted by Matt Rotherham, successfully defended his kilo time trial and sprint B tandem titles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Neil Fachie won gold in the men's time trial B alongside Rotherham.

Neil Fachie was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to cycling.

In 2022 Neil Fachie won Scotland's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in the tandem 1 km time trial B event.

Neil Fachie won a silver medal in the tandem sprint B event.

Neil Fachie is married to visually impaired English racing cyclist Lora Fachie.