Background
Colbourne was born on 9 November 1969 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Colbourne was born on 9 November 1969 in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.
He played volleyball at international level for Wales between 1990 and 1993. He broke his back in 2009 after falling 35 feet (11 m) when forced into an emergency landing whilst paragliding. Following his accident Colbourne began cycling through Disability Sport Wales.
He competes in the C1 classification for riders on upright bikes with the most severe disability.
He trained with disabled cycling coach Neil Smith at the Newport Velodrome and made his first appearance in a track race in May 2010 at the Wales Grand Prix. He took bronze in the C1 time trail in Segovia, Spain at his debut at World Cup level
His first World Championship medal was a silver at the 2011 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships held in Roskilde, Denmark. He was selected as part of the cycling team for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
He is scheduled to compete in two road cycling events.
The C1 road time trial, on 5 September. And the C1-3 road race on 6 September. In August 2013 Colbourne announced his retirement from para-cycling.
Colbourne was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.