Matthew Crampton

Matthew Crampton

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Nicholas Crampton
Born	23 May 1986 (1986-05-23) (age 25)  England  Great Britain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	82 kg (180 lb; 12.9 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Sky Track Cycling
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2006	Sportcity Velo
Professional team(s)
2008 2010–	Science in Sport Sky Track Cycling
Medal record Track cycling Competitor for  Great Britain World Championships Silver 2009 Pruszków Team sprint Bronze 2008 Manchester Keirin Bronze 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint European Championships Gold 2010 Pruszków Keirin Gold 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin Bronze 2010 Pruszków Team Sprint European Track Championships Gold 2004 Valencia Sprint (Junior) Gold 2004 Valencia Keirin (Junior) Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Silver 2006 Melbourne Team sprint Commonwealth Youth Games Silver 2004 Bendigo Kilometer Time Trial Silver 2004 Bendigo Keirin Bronze 2004 Bendigo Sprint
Infobox last updated on 23 March 2011

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

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.

His first success internationally was a bronze medal in the keirin at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester. 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.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games profile
2. ^ ^{a b} "Matthew Crampton Bio". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 2008-05-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080520081634/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Crampton_Matthew_Bio.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
3. ^ "Manchester UCI World Track Cup (2008): Day 2". British Cycling. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/tra/EventReports2008/20081101_Day2_PM_ManchesterWTC.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-07. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Interview by Larry Hickmott, British Cycling, Melbourne, 13 March 2006

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Name	Crampton, Matthew
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Date of birth	23 May 1986
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