Charlie Tanfield

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Charlie Tanfield
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 076.jpg
Tanfield in 2024
Personal information
Full nameCharles Tanfield
Born (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 28)
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England [1]
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current team Saint Piran
Disciplines
  • Road
  • track
RoleRider
Rider typePursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2015Easton Ritte Road Racing
2016Planet X–Northside
2017Brother NRG DriverPlan
2017 Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018–2021 Canyon Eisberg [3]
2022 Ribble Weldtite [4]
2023– Saint Piran
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Team pursuit (2018)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Individual pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit

Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track cycling team.

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He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the silver medal in the Team pursuit. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the team pursuit. [5]

Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World Championships team pursuit world champion and 2024 UEC European Track Championships team pursuit champion.

Early life

Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire. [6] He attended Stokesley School. [7]

Career

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal. [8] [9] Tanfield won silver in the team pursuit and gold in the individual pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he set of time of 4:11.455, [10] the third fastest individual pursuit time in history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [11]

Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships bringing his total to five at the time. He won the individual pursuit for the second time and the team pursuit for the third time. [12]

He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.

Personal life

His brother Harry Tanfield, who is two years older than him, is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial. [13]

Major results

Road

2017
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)
2018
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
2021
1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series
2023
4th Time trial, National Championships

Track

2017
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
UCI World Cup, Minsk
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2019
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit, National Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2021
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2022
UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2023
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
2024
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
UCI Nations Cup
1st Team pursuit, Adelaide
1st Team pursuit, Milton
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold" . Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ribble Weldtite". Ribble Weldtite . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Charlie TANFIELD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Owen (28 October 2018). "The Tanfield Factor: Harry and Charlie discuss fame, family and the future". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Start list" . Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold". Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event" . Retrieved 10 April 2018– via TVNZ.
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