Jack Carthy

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Jack Carthy
Personal information
Full nameJack Carthy
Born (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 27) [1]
Haworth, England [2]
Team information
Current teamCrewkerz Bikes [3]
Discipline Trials
Rider type 26-inch trials
Major wins
UCI World Championships
26-inch trials (2016)

UCI World Cup

26-inch trials (2014, 2015, 2016)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Men's mountain bike trials
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Pietermaritzburg Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Lillehammer Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Val di Sole Trials, 26"
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Chengdu Trials, 26"
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Saalfelden Junior trials, 26"
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Vallnord Trials, 26"
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Bern Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Walbrzych Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Chies d'Alpago Trials, 26"

Jack Carthy (born 8 August 1996 in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England) is a Mountain bike rider who competes in the 26-inch category. [2] [4] He is the reigning UCI elite world champion and UCI World Cup champion.

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Career

Carthy began competing on the elite UCI Trials World Cup in 2012. He finished third in his first World Cup event in Aalter, Belgium aged just 15. [5] He won the overall Elite World Cup title in 2014 while still a junior, winning 3 of the 5 rounds. He successfully defended his World Cup title in 2015 and 2016 and is thus the reigning UCI World Cup champion. [3] [6]

Carthy was junior UCI world champion in 2013 and 2014 and junior European champion in 2014. [3] In the Elite category in 2015 he was European champion and finished second in the UCI World Championships in Vallnord, Andorra. [7] [8]

In 2016 Carthy won the 2016 UCI World Championship in the elite 26-inch category in Val di Sole, Italy. [3] He was the first British rider to win a UCI Elite Trials World Championship in any category. He retained his title in 2017, winning at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in China. [9]

Major events timeline

UCI Trials World Cup
Men Elite - 26"200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Antwerp, BEL11111
Albertville, FRA213
Les Menuires, FRA15
Vocklabruck, AUT1111
Aalter, BEL6
Krakow, POL217
Moutier, FRA1
Meribel, FRA1
Pra Loup, FRA1
Berlin,DE-
Salzburg, AUT1
Val di Sole, ITA71
Il Ciocco, ITA1
Overall Position1121
UCI Trials World Championships
Event200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Jersey rainbow.svg Elite Men - 26"Jersey rainbow.svgJersey rainbow.svgJersey rainbow.svg
Jersey rainbow.svg Junior MenJersey rainbow.svgJersey rainbow.svg


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