 Ethan Mitchell (2018) | |
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| Born | 19 February 1991 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Ethan Mitchell (born 19 February 1991) is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He is a multiple-time World Champion, an Olympic medallist, and Commonwealth Champion.
Mitchell has had a successful career in track sprinting after specialising in the 'standing lap' role of first position in the team sprint. A former junior World Champion, Mitchell burst on to the senior scene as a starter at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal. [1]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's team sprint for the national team. [2] That year, he also won a bronze in the men's team sprint at the World Championships, with Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins. [1] In 2013, the same team won silver at the World Championships. [1]
In 2014, Mitchell, Webster and Dawkins finally won World Championship gold in the men's team sprint. [1] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Mitchell won a gold medal in the Men's team sprint and set a Games record with his teammates. [3]
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won a silver medal alongside Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins in the team sprint. [4] That year, the team also regained their World title having been relegated [5] from the competition in 2015. [1] Mitchell won a bronze medal at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong in the sprint event; the first New Zealander to win a world championship medal in an individual event. [6] He, Dawkins and Webster also retained the men's team sprint title. [1]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Mitchell won Gold in the team sprint event alongside Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins. [7]
Mitchell now works at Real Estate Agency Bayleys [8]
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