Is Neil Fachie Blind? Disability And Eye Condition Details: Hello everyone and today we are going to be talking about the famous cyclist from Scotland, Neil Michael Fachie. He has been in the highlights of the news on social media as well as other media. He is a Paralympic athlete from Scotland and is very renowned among the Paralympic athlete. Follow More Updates On UptoBrain.com
Who is Neil Michael Fachie?
First, let’s talk a little about the athlete. He is a multiple sports player and was born on 12 March 1984 in Aberdeen located in
Scotland. He is a visually impaired sportsperson and that is the reason why he has to be a part of the Para athletics. He has been competing in so many sports events that are made for individuals with visual disabilities. He has also been a runner and had participated in the Paralympics as a sprint runner in the games that were held in 2008 in Beijing and then he participated in 2012 as a tandem cyclist and the event happened in London.
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Neil Fachie Eye Condition
He was a gold medalist in the Men’s Individual 1Km time trial event where his pilot for his sight was Barney Storey and he was also a silver medalist in the individual sprint event which was held in London. He even has a world record to his name in the event of Time trial as well as sprint event that had taken place at Gold Coast in the year 2018 with his pilot Matt Rotherham and recorded a games event record in the time trial event as well. He is a double gold medalist of the event at Glasgow in the year 2014 and at that time he was being piloted by Craig Maclean.
There is a lot that he has done in his sporting career and it would take too much time if we talk about all of it, so, let’s move on to the next section.
Is Neil Fachie Blind?
Neil is an athlete as we already know and it is his profession as well as his passion. The disability that he has is a condition called congenital eye condition and retinitis pigmentosa. A congenital eye condition is a group of many other conditions that are there from birth and take effect on the eyesight of the person. It can even be caused by the genetics of the person, while some diseases or deficiencies in pregnancy can also be the cause. The other condition called retinitis pgimentosa is also a rare eye disease that affects the retina and makes it break down slowly over time which can cause the loss of vision.
