Aaron Keith

Personal

• He was gifted his first bike, a Nishiki Olympic-12 road bike for his 13th birthday and the rest is history
• Racing became his passion, which he took up in earnest during his senior year in high school
• He became more involved in the sport, racing both for his collegiate team at the University of Virginia, as well as his club team based in Charlottesville, Va.
• He competed in 30 to 40 events per year, and in 1993, he was upgraded to the top amateur level and won the Best All-Around Rider in the state of Virginia
• On September of that year, everything changed while riding his mountain bike with teammates in the mountains of central Virginia when he suffered a terrible accident, fracturing his 12th thoracic vertebra
• After multiple surgeries, he was left with residual paralysis below the knee
• With the encouragement of his colleagues, he began researching Paralympic cycling and soon became classified
• He began training and competing right away, joining the U.S. Paralympic Cycling National Team in 2013
• Since then, he has made a significant impact on the program and continues to be an important piece of Team USA on and off the track

Paralympic Experience

• 1-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
  • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (C1 - Time Trial - Men), 5th (C1 - 3km Pursuit - Men), 6th (C1-5 Team Sprint - Mixed), 12th (C1-3 - 1000m Time Trial - Men), 22th (C1-3 - Road Race - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – bronze (C1 - Scratch Race - Men, C1 - Time Trial - Men), 4th (C1 - Omnium - Men, C1 - Road Race - Men), 5th (C1 - 3km Pursuit - Men), 6th (C1 - 1000m Time Trial - Men)
• Years of participation: C1 - 1000m Time Trial - Men 2020, 2022, 2023; C1 - 3km Pursuit - Men 2020, 2022, 2023; C1 - Omnium - Men 2020, 2022, 2023; C1 - Road Race - Men 2019, 2022, 2023; C1 - Scratch Race - Men 2020, 2022, 2023; C1 - Time Trial - Men 2019, 2022, 2023; C1-5 Team Sprint - Open 2022; C2 - 1000m Time Trial - Men 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019; C2 - 3km Pursuit - Men 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019; C2 - Scratch Race - Men 2016, 2019; C2 - Road Race - Men 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018; C2 - Time Trial - Men 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018; C1-3 - Scratch Race - Men 2015
• Medals: 13 (3 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze)
  • Gold – 2019 (C1 - Time Trial - Men); 2014 (C2 - Time Trial - Men); 2013 (C2 - Time Trial - Men)
  • Silver – 2022 (C1 - Road Race - Men, C1 - Time Trial - Men, C1 - 3km Pursuit - Men, C1 - Omnium - Men, C1 - Scratch Race - Men); 2017 (C2 - 3km Pursuit - Men)
  • Bronze – 2023 (C1 - Time Trial - Men, C1 - Scratch Race - Men); 2020 (C1 - Omnium - Men); 2019 (C1 - Road Race - Men)