Charlie Tanfield

Charlie Tanfield
Charlie Tanfield (2018)
Personal information
Born (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England [1]
Team information
Current team Canyon Eisberg
Discipline Road, track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2015 Easton Ritte Road Racing
2016 Planet X–Northside
2017 Brother NRG DriverPlan
2017 Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2018– Canyon Eisberg
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastIndividual pursuit
2018 Gold CoastTeam pursuit

Charlie Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist.[2] He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal.[3][4]Tanfield won silver in the team pursuit and gold in the Individual pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he set of time of 4:11.455[5] - the third fastest Individual pursuit time in history.

Personal life

His brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.[6]They are both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results

2017
National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)
2018
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Commonwealth Games
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
8th Time trial
UCI Track World Cup
1st Individual pursuit – Minsk
1st Team pursuit – Minsk
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Tanfield". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Start list". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  6. ↑ "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event". Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via TVNZ.
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