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Support Thuy's Para-cycling at Nationals
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Support Para-Cyclist Thuy Do
31 year old Thuy Do is an up and coming Para-Cyclist with a dream - to make it to the
Paralympics. She is on her way.
You can help Thuy reach her dream!
Hailing from the Hintonburg neighbourhood of Ottawa, Thuy Do is a development athlete in
Ontario Cycling Association’s (OCA) Paracycling program. She is preparing to join Team
Canada. Thuy is currently training year-round
with national coach Guillaume Plourde and local coach Blaine Betzold. A dedicated,
hardworking athlete, Thuy has already excelled in specific skills such as cadence, climbing,
endurance, nutrition, and mental performance. She is resilient when facing obstacles and
injuries. Thuy is asking for your financial support through monetary donations to help fund
her attendance at the National Cycling Championships in June 2022. She will also gladly
accept any in-kind gifts. To make a donation or for more information please contact Thuy at:
Phone #: [phone redacted] or [phone redacted]
Email: [email redacted]
Costs associated with going to National Championships in Edmonton
Expenses Cost/day or one-
time
Cumulative Cost Notes
Registration $75.00 Time Trial
Registration $95.00Road Race
Flight to Edmonton $183.00 x 2
Flight to Ottawa $197.00 x 2
Hotel Leduc $239.34 2 Night
Hotel Edmonton $403.02 2 Night w/parking
Car Rental $1150 For duration of
event
Gas $150.00
Food $250.00
Misc. $300.00 luggage & bike
shipping
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=$3430
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=$3430
21 Jun: fly Ottawa - Edmonton
21 &
22 Jun: stay Best Western in Leduc
22 Jun: stay Best Western in Leduc
22 Jun: get rental at airport, visit time trial course in Beaumont
23 Jun: check out of hotel, compete in time trial then travel to Edmonton and check in at
Campus Tower Suite
24 Jun: visit road race course
25 Jun check out of hotel, compete in road race, fly back to Ottawa
“Resilience, impermanence, compassion.”
“Because of my disability, I blossomed.”
“When I am racing, I’m not competing
against anyone else, it is an inner
accomplishment.”
Ontario Cycling Assocation (OCA) Program Objectives
Provide additional support for Ontario’s high performing para-cycling athletes through
supplementary training opportunities, sport science support, and technical
assessment.
Develop a core training group(s) of athletes to foster positive competition amongst
Ontario’s athletes.
Increase the overall number of para-cyclists in Ontario from grassroots to national
team
Prepare athletes for selection to Cycling Canada programs and projects through
achievement of established time standards and acquisition of training/racing skills
Maximize Ontario’s contribution to Canada’s international success in para-cycling
Thuy Do - Athlete Biography
Thuy was born and raised in Ottawa and has lived here her whole life. At the age of fifteen,
Thuy required brain surgery for a condition called Arteriovenous Malformations. On the table
she had massive stroke due to complications. The stroke caused paralysis, and doctors
didn’t know if she could walk or even talk again. However, with a lot of physio and
rehabilitation and even more determination, Thuy regained all those capacities and adapted.
Thuy will always struggle with hemiparesis on her right side, and battles depression which
is likely a consequence of the ways her brain was injured by the stroke.
Thuy is unable to ride a regular bicycle, so almost a decade ago her family purchased her a
Catrike recumbent trike. She fell in love with the Catrike, riding so much that it became her
main source of transportation. Most months of the year – sun, rain, heat, cold – Thuy can be
found riding the streets of Ottawa doing her errands, the errands of others, and just plain
cycling! This has become an essential part of her emotional and physical health. The trike
helps to strengthen her core, improve her mood, boost her spirits and expand her social
network. This social network has allowed her to more fully recover her speech, and she is
known and loved for her radiant smile and ready laugh. Thuy says “biking is breathing for
me”.
Cycling is freedom, and it is motivation to do something more. So in 2019, she wanted to see
what options there were in the world of para-cycling. This is a new chapter. A year ago, Thuy
took on the road trike and started training in an entirely different way, biking long hours with
a training regimen. In recent camps in Bromont and North Bay, she improved her hill
climbing and cornering. She is up to the challenge!