Rolfe was inspired to take up para-sport after being inspired by the events of the
2012 Summer Olympics and
Paralympics in London. In December 2012 he attended a para-festival where he was tested by Great Britain Cycling Team coaches. Rolfe was subsequently accepted onto the British Para-cycling Development Programme. The World Championships provided experience for Rolfe and he finished fifth as a part of the team sprint, seventh in the 1 km time trial and 10th in the individual pursuit. In August 2016 Rolfe was named as part of the
Great Britain team for the
2016 Summer Paralympics. In September 2016 at the Rio Paralympics Louis won bronze in the individual pursuit 3000m in the C2 class and gold in the 750m team sprint C1-C5 with
Jon-Allan Butterworth and
Jody Cundy in a world record time of 48.635 Seconds having already posted the previous record in qualifying. On 31 December 2016 Rolfe was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2017 New Year Honours List for services to cycling. ==References ==