Ian Marsden

Ian Marsden

Personal information
Full name	Ian James Marsden
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	(1972-01-25) 25 January 1972 Stafford, England
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Paracanoe
Disability class	KL1
Club	Trentham Canoe Club
Coached by	Colin Radmore
Medal record Men's paracanoeing Representing Great Britain Paralympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro KL1 World Championships Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg K-1 A Silver medal – second place 2014 Moscow K-1 A European Championships Silver medal – second place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 A Gold medal – first place 2014 Brandenburg K-1 A Gold medal – first place 2015 Račice K-1 A Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-1 A Bronze medal – third place 2019 Poznań KL1

Ian James Marsden (born 25 January 1972 in Stafford) is a British paracanoeist, hand cyclist and was previously a champion powerlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the Men's KL1 200m.

Personal life

Marsden began his professional life as a microbiologist.

Sporting career

Powerlifting

Before sustaining a spinal injury, Marsden competed as a non-disabled athlete at the British Open Powerlifting Championships, and titled in 1989 when he was 17. He holds 3 world records.

Handcycling

After the spinal injury, he became the "first British male to win a podium position" on the European Handcycling Circuit (EHC).

Shooting

In the 10m air rifle category, Marsden won a silver and bronze medal at world level. He was due to compete in London 2012, but health complications prevented this.

Paracanoe

Marsden has mentioned that he was asked numerous times if he wanted to try Paracanoe (during his handcycling career and shooting). He took up the offer of regular training at Nottingham and joined the Paracanoe GB Sprint Team, representing Team Great Britain since 2013. He won a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Injury

Marsden sustained a spinal injury powerlifting, which caused his hospitalisation and eventually introducing him to the world of handcycling. However, after competing on the European circuit for a number of years, Marsden was once again hospitalised, and it was discovered that he had a rare motor neuron condition.

External links

• Ian Marsden at the International Paralympic Committee