Craig Percival

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Craig Percival
Personal information
Full nameCraig Percival
Born Whitehaven, United Kingdom
Height184.5 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93–98 kg (205–216 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
Team Brite
Professional team

Craig Percival is a male former English international track cyclist. [1]

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Cycling career

A multi national GB champion, he represented Great Britain in multiple track cycling world championships in the sprint and keirin events England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] He also won the British National Keirin Championships title in 1998 and 1999 and was a British sprint cycling champion and record holder. [4] Also competed in the invitation only Kokosai Keirin in Japan in 2000.

Various Palmarès

DatePlacingEventCompetitionLocationCountry
July 19973Team sprint [5] World Cup Athens Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
19981Keirin British National Track Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
21 June 19983Team sprint [5] World Cup Hyères Flag of France.svg  France
19991Keirin British National Track Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
19992Sprint British National Track Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom -19961Sprint British National Track Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
6 September 19993Team sprint [5] World Cup Cali Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

Kokosai Keirin Japan 2000

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References

  1. "Profile". Cycling Archives.
  2. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "British National Track Championships: The winners since 1995". Cycling Weekly.
  5. 1 2 3 The other riders on the squad were Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean