Matt Rotherham

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Matthew Rotherham
MBE
Personal information
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29)
Bolton, England
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Team information
Current teamESV Manchester
Discipline Track Sprint
RoleRider
Rider type Sprinter
Medal record
Men's para cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Tandem B kilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Tandem B kilo
Track World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Tandem B kilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 GlasgowTandem B sprint
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Tandem B sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Gold Coast Tandem B kilo
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Tandem B sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Tandem B kilo

Matthew Rotherham MBE (born 7 December 1994) is a British male track cyclist. [1] Following a career as an elite abled bodied cyclist, he transferred to Paralympic track cycling as a sighted pilot in the visually impaired (B) classification. In 2021, he piloted Neil Fachie to Paralympic gold in the men's track time trial B classification. The pair are also Commonwealth Games champions in 2018, and five-time World champions in the discipline.

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Cycling career

Rotherham is a five times British champion after winning the time trial Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and the 2022 British National Track Championships [2] [3] and three British National Tandem Sprint Championships gold medals.

He also piloted Neil Fachie of Scotland to gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the tandem sprint B and tandem 1km time trial B. [4] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he piloted James Ball of Wales to a gold medal in the tandem sprint B and a silver medal in the tandem 1km time trial B.

Rotherham was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Profile". Cycling Archives.
  2. "2019 results". British Cycling.
  3. "British Track Championships Day 2". Velo UK. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. "Matthew Rotherham Cycling". Team Scotland.
  5. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N24.
  6. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.