Background
Bridgwood was born on 23 February 1989 in South Africa.
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Kyle Bridgwood
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He joined the Australian Army in 2007. In 2011, he was hit by a car before work. He suffered a severed patella tendon, fractured kneecap, broken back and neck.
After the injury, he returned to cycling and represented the Australian Army at the 2012 United States Marines Corps Trials.
He was medically discharged from the Australian army. He is classified as a C4 cyclist.
In 2015, he rode for Data#3 Symantec Team in Australian National Road Racing Series.
Achievements
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He returned to cycling after his accident and in 2012 at the United States Marines Corps Trials he won the gold medal in the Men"s 30 km Open Cycle and silver medal in basketball. Bridgwood won the Men"s Time Trial and finished second at the Men"s Road Race at the 2015 Australia Para-cycling Road National Championships. At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, he won the gold medal in the Men"s Time Trial C4 and finished fifth in the Men"s Road Race C4.
