Background
Formston was born on 21 July 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Formston was born on 21 July 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales.
He has completed a Diploma of Health Science and works as an Accounts Executive.
At age of five, Formston was diagnosed with macular degeneration resulting in 0% central vision and 5% peripheral vision. He is legally blind. Formston rides with Mick Curran as a tandem partner. The pair are known as OzTandem.
Curran is known as the pilot because he is the person who is fully sighted and steers the bike.
Formston and Curran train out of the Central Coast, New South Wales riding every morning for two hours and a few gym sessions on top of that throughout the week. In 2013, the pair also finished 1st in the Tandem Road Race Para-cycling Road World Cup.
Formston and Curran competed in the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championshipsin Appledoon, Netherlands and finished second in the Tandem B 4 km pursuit. Formston and Curran"s bond goes beyond the tandem bike with the pair running their own business known as Champion Vision.
He is coached by Tom Skulander In 2015, he and Curran are New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holders.
2012 - Central Coast Cyclist of the Year.