<\/span><\/h2>\nCracknell married Beverley in 2002 and the couple have three children, Croyde, Kiki and Trixie.<\/p>\n
The pair met in 2000 after James won his first Olympic gold.<\/p>\n
They ended up as team-mates on the celebrity special of Channel 5 game show, The Desert Forges.<\/p>\n
Their relationship was put under much strain after his brain injury in 2010.<\/p>\n
Beverley said the three years after the crash were the \u201cworst\u201d and added that she was married to two different men, one for eight years before the crash and one for the eight years after the incident.<\/p>\n
The couple announced in March 2019 that they had separated after 17 years of marriage.<\/p>\n
The pair said in a statement: \u201cWe can confirm that sadly we separated last year. Together, we remain committed to our amazing children, they are our absolute priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span>When did James Cracknell suffer a brain injury?<\/span><\/h2>\nIn July 2010 Cracknell was hit from behind in Arizona by a petrol tanker while cycling during an attempt to cycle, row, run and swim from Los Angeles to New York within 18 days.<\/p>\n
His cycle helmet\u00a0was “shorn in two” and he suffered a\u00a0contrecoup injury\u00a0to the frontal lobes of his brain. His recovery may never be complete.<\/p>\n
In 2012 Cracknell and his wife, TV and radio presenter\u00a0Beverley Turner, wrote “Touching Distance” about his life before and after his brain injury, which has left him with epilepsy and a changed personality – including a short temper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n