Jon-allan butterworth biography for kids

Jon-Allan Butterworth MBE PLY

From tours in Afghanistan to elite paracyclist

After leaving secondary school Jon-Allan joined the RAF in 2002 and served in Afghanistan in 2005 and Iraq in 2007 as a SAC(T) weapons technician.

After leaving secondary school, Jon-Allan joined the RAF, serving in Afghanistan in and Iraq in as a Weapons Technician.

After leaving secondary school Jon-Allan joined the RAF in and served in Afghanistan in and Iraq in as a SAC(T) Weapons technician.

Jon-Allan Edward Butterworth MBE (born 6 February in Birmingham) is a British paralympic cyclist.

Jon-Allan Butterworth is as a Paralympic medal winning cyclist, but what you may not know about him is his inspirational story from the RAF to the Paralympics.

Jon-Allan is a former Paralympic Cyclist for TeamGB.

On 4th August 2007 he was injured in a rocket attack on Basra Air Station, Iraq. He was operated on by doctors in a battlefield hospital who consequently carried out an above the elbow amputation of his left arm.

It was while recovering at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in October 2007 that Jon-Allan first made contact with British Cycling coaches.

He attended Paralympics GB talent ID day but did not follow this up as a "return to work" programme was put into action with the RAF, which he wanted to fully commit to.

Later in May 2008 he became involved with the Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike Ride, a 350 mile cycling challenge around the battlefields of Northern France to help raise funds to benefit other injured servicemen and women.

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