Paige Greco

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Paige Greco
OAM
Paige Greco in 2019
Personal information
Born(1997-02-19)19 February 1997
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died16 November 2025(2025-11-16) (aged 28)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC3
ClubPort Adelaide Cycling Club
Medal record
Cycling
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoPursuit C1–3
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoRoad Time Trial C1–3
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoRoad Race Trial C1–3
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Apeldoorn3km Pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place2019 Apeldoorn500m Time Trial C3
Silver medal – second place2019 ApeldoornScratch Race C3
Gold medal – first place2020 Milton3km Pursuit C3
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines500 m Time Trial C3
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowIndividual pursuit C3
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 EmmenTime Trial C3
Bronze medal – third place2022 Baie-ComeauTime Trial C3
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowRoad Race C3
Bronze medal – third place2025 RonseRoad race C3

Paige Greco OAM (19 February 1997 – 16 November 2025) was an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 Paracycling World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit and at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She set a new world record of 3:52.283 in the 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Background

Paige Greco was born on 19 February 1997,[1] in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] She had cerebral palsy, mainly affecting the right side of her body,[3] and completed an exercise science degree at the University of South Australia.[4]

Cycling career

Greco was classified as a C3 cyclist. Before turning to cycling, Greco was a promising track and field athlete.[3] In 2018, Greco moved from Victoria to South Australian Sports Institute to be coached by Loz Shaw.[3]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won gold medals in the Women's 3 km Pursuit C3 and C3 500m Time Trial.[5] In qualifying for Women's 3 km Pursuit final, Greco's time of 4mins 0.206secs broke the existing world record by three seconds.[5] In the 500m Time Trial C3, her time of 39.442secs smashed the previous mark by almost two seconds.[6] She also won the silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C3.[7] At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C3.[8] Greco was named the 2019 Cycling Australia para female track cyclist of the year.[9]

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Ontario, she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C3.[10] In her first Paralympic Games in 2020 Tokyo, Grego won the Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3, setting a world record time of 3:50.815 in the gold medal race.[11] She won bronze medals in the Women's Road Trial Trial C1-3 with a time of 26:37:54,[12] and Women's Road Race C1-3 with a time of 1:13.11.[13] Afte the Olympics, she was named the 2021 South Australian Sports Institute para athlete of the year.[14]

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and finished 5th in the Women's Road Race C3.[15] At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in Women's Time Trial C3.[16] She received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2022, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.[17]

Greco missed selection for 2024 Paris Paralympics. In 2025, Greco sustained serious injuries in a crash while competing at a Road World Cup event in Maniago, Italy.[1] At the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Ronse, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Road Race C3 and fifth in the Women's Time Trial C3.[18]

Death

On 16 November 2025, Greco died at the age of 28, after experiencing a "sudden medical episode",[19] at her residence in Adelaide, South Australia.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Paige Greco". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "The faces getting Aussie kids back on their bikes". AusBike. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Spotlight brightens as Paige set to hit world stage". South Australian Sports Institute. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 "World title and world record for Greco". Australian Cycling Team website. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Para Greco grabs dual world records titles". Australian Cycling Team website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Day 3 Report". UCI Cycling website. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Team Australia finishes top para road-worlds". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Caleb Ewan awarded 'Oppy' as 2019 Cyclist of the Year". Sportzhub. Cycling Australia. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia website. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Paige Greco Results". Tokyo Paralympic Games Official Results. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "South Australia's top athletes celebrated at SASI Awards". SASI News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "2022 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Official Results" (PDF). RSSTiming. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Results – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Competition schedule and results". Ronse 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Doyle, Michael (17 November 2025). "Paralympic gold medal winner Paige Greco dies, aged 28". ABC News. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Australian Paralympic gold medallist dies at 28". BBC. 17 November 2025.