Editing Graeme Obree (section)

{{short description|Scottish cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Graeme Obree
| image          = Graeme_obree.jpg
| caption        = Obree on ''Old Faithful''
| full_name      = Graeme Obree
| nickname       = Flying Scotsman
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|9|11}}
| birth_place    = [[Nuneaton]], Warwickshire, England
| height         = {{height|m=1.80}}
| weight         = {{convert|73|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam    = Fullarton Wheelers  
| discipline     = Road and track
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Time Trial Specialist
| majorwins      = ;Track
:[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit, World Championships]] (1993, 1995)
:[[Hour record]] holder: 1993 (51.596 km), 1994 (52.713 km)
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1993 Hamar]]|4000 m Pursuit}}
{{MedalGold |[[1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1995 Bogota]]|4000 m Pursuit}}
| show-medals    = yes
}}

'''Graeme Obree''' (born 11 September 1965<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3042 |title=Graeme Obree |website=Cycling Archives |access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref>), nicknamed "'''the Flying Scotsman'''", after [[LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|the famous steam train]], is a Scottish [[racing cyclist]] who twice broke the world [[hour record]], in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995. He was known for his unusual riding positions and for the ''Old Faithful'' bicycle he built which included parts from a washing machine. He joined a professional team in [[France]] but was fired before his first race. He also competed in the [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|men's individual pursuit]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/graeme-obree-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041133/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/graeme-obree-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Graeme Obree Olympic Results |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

Obree has created some radical innovations in bicycle design and cycling position but has had problems with the cycling authorities banning the riding positions his designs required. Obree has been very open about living with [[bipolar disorder]] and [[Depression (mood)|depression]], and the fact that he has [[attempted suicide]] three times, using his experiences as a means of encouraging other sportspeople to talk about their own mental health.<ref name="Tel2007">{{cite news |last=Roe |first=Nicholas |date=9 June 2007 |title=Against all odds |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632942/Against-all-odds.html |access-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/depression-in-sport-45337|title=Graeme Obree: why we need to talk about depression in sport|last=Hicks|first=Robert|date=2015-11-10|website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>

His life and exploits have been dramatised in the 2006 film ''[[The Flying Scotsman (2006 film)|The Flying Scotsman]]'' and more recently in the documentary film ''Battle Mountain: Graeme Obree's Story'', which follows his journey to Battle Mountain, [[Nevada]] to compete in the 2013 World Human Powered Speed Championships.

In March 2010, he was inducted into the [[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sshf.co.uk/news/six_sporting_legends_honoured_scottish_sports_hall_fame|title=Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|date=16 March 2010|publisher=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=17 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723155841/http://www.sshf.co.uk/news/six_sporting_legends_honoured_scottish_sports_hall_fame|archive-date=23 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>