Matthew Crampton

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Matthew Crampton
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Personal information
Full nameMatthew Nicholas Crampton
Born (1986-05-23) 23 May 1986 (age 38)
Manchester, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) [1]
Team information
Current team Sky Track Cycling
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2006Sportcity Velo
Professional teams
2008Science in Sport
2010–2013 Sky Track Cycling
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Pruszków Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Pruszków Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Pruszków Team Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Panevėžys Team Sprint
European Track Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Valencia Sprint (Junior)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Valencia Keirin (Junior)
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team sprint
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Bendigo Kilometer Time Trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Bendigo Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Bendigo Sprint

Matthew "Matt" Nicholas Crampton (born 23 May 1986) [2] is an English former track cyclist for Sky Track Cycling. He was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme, and represented Great Britain at a number of major events. Crampton specialised in track sprinting and competed in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin and kilo events.

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Biography

Born in Manchester, Crampton won the junior sprint and keirin events at the 2004 European Track Championships. [2] Crampton competed at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Bendigo, Australia in 2004, winning a silver medal in the keirin. [1]

He went on to take the silver medal as a member of England's Team Sprint squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2007 saw Crampton take the silver medal in the keirin and bronze in the team sprint at the European Track Championships, this time riding in the under 23 category.

He won a bronze medal in the individual sprint at the first round of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics at Manchester on 1 November 2008. He also won the Japanese Keirin Association Race the next day. [3]

On 15 November 2008 he competed in the Revolution 21 event in Manchester. He won both events he was entered in, the Sprint and the Keirin. Other riders present were Jason Kenny, Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff.

He won silver in the men's team sprint at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with teammates Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny. He also won silver in the same event two years later with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, after the French squad were stripped of the world title and the British team were promoted from their original bronze medals. [4]

At the 2011 UEC European Track Championships, Crampton won the gold medal in the keirin. [5]

He won gold in keirin and placed second at team sprint in Aguascalientes at 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup.

In November 2016 Crampton announced his retirement from competition, indicating that he would continue to be involved in the sport as a coach. [5] In 2018 he was appointed Head Coach of the WAIS Cycling Program. [6]

Family

He is the older brother of Jessica Crampton.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games profile
  2. 1 2 "Matthew Crampton Bio". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  3. "Manchester UCI World Track Cup (2008): Day 2". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  4. Stokes, Shane (6 January 2012). "UCI confirms Jason Kenny, Germany are upgraded to 2011 world track champions". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 Wynn, Nigel (24 November 2016). "British track sprinter Matt Crampton announces retirement". Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  6. "Crampton Appointed WAIS Cycling Coach".