Paige Greco
Paige Greco was an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 Paracycling World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She set a new world record of 3:52.283 in the 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Background
Paige Greco was born on 19 February 1997, in Melbourne, Victoria. She had cerebral palsy, mainly affecting the right side of her body, and completed an exercise science degree at the University of South Australia.Cycling career
Greco was classified as a C3 cyclist. Before turning to cycling, Greco was a promising track and field athlete. In 2018, Greco moved from Victoria to South Australian Sports Institute to be coached by Loz Shaw.At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won gold medals in the Women's 3 km Pursuit C3 and C3 500m Time Trial. In qualifying for Women's 3 km Pursuit final, Greco's time of 4mins 0.206secs broke the existing world record by three seconds. In the 500m Time Trial C3, her time of 39.442secs smashed the previous mark by almost two seconds. She also won the silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C3. At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C3. Greco was named the 2019 Cycling Australia para female track cyclist of the year.
At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Ontario, she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C3. In her first Paralympic Games in 2020 Tokyo, Grego won the Cycling at the [2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C1–3|Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3], setting a world record time of 3:50.815 in the gold medal race. She won bronze medals in the Cycling at the 2020 [Summer Paralympics – Women's road time trial C1–3|Women's Road Trial Trial C1-3] with a time of 26:37:54, and Women's Road Race C1-3 with a time of 1:13.11. Afte the Olympics, she was named the 2021 South Australian Sports Institute para athlete of the year.
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and finished 5th in the Women's Road Race C3. At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in Women's Time Trial C3. She received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2022, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.
Greco missed selection for 2024 Paris Paralympics. In 2025, Greco sustained serious injuries in a crash while competing at a Road World Cup event in Maniago, Italy. At the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Ronse, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Road Race C3 and fifth in the Women's Time Trial C3.