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{{short description|English track cyclist (born 1970)}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
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| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
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| fullname       = Jason Paul Queally
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|5|11}}
| birth_place    = [[Great Haywood]], [[Staffordshire]], England
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| discipline     = Track
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics|1&nbsp;km time trial]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2000 Sydney|Team sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2005 Los Angeles]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1999 Berlin]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2000 Manchester]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Los Angeles|1 km time trial}}
{{MedalBronze|2000 Manchester|1 km Time Trial}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2001 Antwerp]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2003 Stuttgart]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004 Melbourne]]|Team sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Track Championships|European Elite Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 European Track Championships|2010 Pruszków]]|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalCountry| {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|1 km time trial}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|1 km time trial}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Manchester|Team Sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|1 km time trial}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Melbourne|Team Sprint}}
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'''Jason Paul Queally''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 July 2016|title=Midlands' Olympic legends: Jason Queally|url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-07-23/midlands-olympic-legends-jason-queally/|access-date=21 July 2020|website=ITV}}</ref> (born 11 May 1970) is an [[England|English]] [[track cyclist]]. He won a gold medal at the [[2000 Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].

==Early years==
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Born at Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Queally spent his childhood in [[Caton, Lancashire|Caton]], a village near Lancaster. He attended Caton County Primary School and [[Lancaster Royal Grammar School]], where he was part of the swimming squad in the mid-1980s, later representing Lancaster and British Universities in [[water polo]] while a student at [[Lancaster University]], where he earned a BSc in Biological Science. He took up cycle-racing at 25.

In 1996, he nearly died in an accident at [[Meadowbank Stadium|Meadowbank cycling track]] in [[Edinburgh]] ([[Chris Hoy]] brought down all the riders behind him, having caught the wheel of [[Craig MacLean]]) when an 18-inch sliver of the wooden track entered his chest via his armpit. The accident seriously affected Queally's confidence in tactical racing; as a result, he no longer took part in the sprint events, instead choosing to dedicate himself to Kilo and team sprint riding, time trial events with a reduced risk of crashing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birnie |first1=Lionel |title=The Big Interview: Jason Queally |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/the-big-interview-jason-queally-62406 |website=Cycling Weekly |date=17 March 2010 |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>

==Post Sydney==
Queally was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2001 New Year Honours]] for services to cycling.<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |supp=y |pages=21 }}</ref>

In October 2001 he competed in the World Human Powered Speed Challenge<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.recumbents.com/WISIL/whpsc2001/speedchallenge-2001.htm|title = The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center}}</ref> at [[Battle Mountain, Nevada]] on the [[Blueyonder]] [[recumbent bicycle]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-08-20 |title=Profile: The Blueyonder Challenger - Fastest Man On Earth - 4of6 The Big Launch |url=https://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020820065540/https://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0908_4.htm |archive-date=2002-08-20}}</ref> built largely from [[carbon fibre]] by [[Reynard Motorsport]] to a design by [[Chris Field (bicycle designer)|Chris Field]]. Queally maintained {{convert|64.34|mph|abbr=on}} over the 200m timed section of the course, a European record. The winner, [[Sam Whittingham]], achieved {{convert|80.55|mph|abbr=on}}.

Although Olympic champion, Queally was not selected for the 1&nbsp;km time trial at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], competing only in the team sprint, in which Great Britain team was eliminated in the first round by Germany, the eventual winner, despite posting the second fastest time of the competition.

In 2009, Queally was inducted into the [[British Cycling Hall of Fame]].<ref name="BChalloffame">{{cite web|url=http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty|title=50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame|publisher=British Cycling|date=2009-12-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty|archive-date=20 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Queally retired from able-bodied cycling after failing to qualify for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=comeback>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8563085.stm |title=Jason Queally named in Great Britain cycling squad|date=12 March 2010|work=[[bbc.co.uk]]|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> He subsequently worked with [[Paralympic]] cyclist [[Anthony Kappes]] with the aim of competing together on a tandem at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7899497.stm |title=Queally eyes unique gold double|date=19 February 2009|work=[[bbc.co.uk]]|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> However he returned to able-bodied competition when he received a call up to the British squad for the [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]].<ref name=comeback /> After not being selected for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] he rejoined the British paralympic cycling squad as a pilot for the tandem events in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/20323051 |title=Jason Queally returns to GB Paralympic cycling squad |last=Hudson |first=Elizabeth|date=14 November 2012|work=[[bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

==Medals in championships==
*[[Olympic Games]]
**2000 
***Gold, [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Track cycling|&nbsp;1km time trial]]
***Silver, [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Track cycling|&nbsp;team sprint]]
*[[UCI Track World Championships, Men|World Championships]]
**[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2005]]
***Gold, team sprint
***Silver, 1&nbsp;km time trial
**[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004]]
***Bronze, team sprint
**[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2003]]
***Bronze, team sprint
**[[2001 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2001]]
***Bronze, team sprint
**[[2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2000]]
***Silver, team sprint
***Bronze, 1&nbsp;km time trial
**[[1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1999]]
***Silver, team sprint
*[[Commonwealth Games]]
**[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]]
***Silver, 1&nbsp;km time trial
***Silver, team sprint
**[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]]
***Silver, 1&nbsp;km time trial
***Silver, team sprint
**[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998]]
***Silver, 1&nbsp;km time trial

==See also==
*[[City of Edinburgh Racing Club]]
*[[Achievements of members of City of Edinburgh Racing Club]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Cycling archives|15421}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/cycling/927385.stm BBC News Online report of Queally's Olympic gold win]

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