Tom Staniford

Who is Tom Staniford?

Tom Staniford is an English para-cyclist from Exeter. He is 2011 National Para-cycling Circuit Race Champion

Provisionally classified by the UCI as a C3 Para-cyclist due to connective tissue disorders affecting his feet and hands, almost-total fixation of his ankles, poor flexibility in all his limbs, low testosterone, diabetes type 2, moderate hearing loss in both ears, and lipodystrophy, which affects his metabolism and body fat amongst other things. His condition has been reported to have been identified as MDP syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition that is only known to affect eight people worldwide.