Luke Zaccaria

Luke Zaccaria is an Australian track cyclist who serves as the tandem pilot for Kane Perris. He represented Australia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Zaccaria began his tandem career as a pilot for Brad Henderson. The tandem won three gold medals at the 2020 Australian Para-cycling Track National Championships. He also guided Henderson to a sixth place finish at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He then served as the pilot for Beau Wootton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and won a bronze medal in the tandem sprint B event.
In 2023 he became the pilot for Kane Perris. At the 2024 Para National Championships, the tandem set a national record in the team sprint and achieved a World Championship and Paralympic qualifying time in the 1 km time trial. In March 2024, he competed at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. The tandem crashed on the opening day and Perris sustained a shoulder injury, three broken ribs and punctured lung. In September 2024, he represented Australia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's [time trial B|time trial B] event. During qualification they set a national record time of 1:00.374 to qualify third fastest for the final. During the finals they finished in fourth place with a time of 1:00.940, finishing
1.1 seconds behind the bronze medal team from Geramy.
On 19 August 2025, he was selected to compete at the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won a gold medal in the mixed team sprint B event with a world record time of 49.288.
Zaccaria and Perris featured in Changing Track - a documentary on the Australian Paralympic Cycling team in the lead up to the 2024 Paris Paralympics.