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Charlie Tanfield: British Cycling Star

Charlie Tanfield is a British racing cyclist born on November 17, 1996, who competes for the UCI Continental team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track cycling team. He won a silver medal in the Team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has multiple championships, including the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion and the 2018 World Championships team pursuit champion. Tanfield has also achieved significant success in national and European competitions, establishing himself as a prominent figure in track cycling.

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Charlie Tanfield: British Cycling Star

Charlie Tanfield is a British racing cyclist born on November 17, 1996, who competes for the UCI Continental team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track cycling team. He won a silver medal in the Team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has multiple championships, including the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion and the 2018 World Championships team pursuit champion. Tanfield has also achieved significant success in national and European competitions, establishing himself as a prominent figure in track cycling.

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Charlie Tanfield

Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a


Charlie Tanfield
British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental
team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track
cycling team.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris


winning the silver medal in the Team pursuit. He also
competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in
the team pursuit.[5]

Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games


individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World
Championships team pursuit world champion and
2024 UEC European Track Championships team
pursuit champion.

Early life
Tanfield in 2024
Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.[6] Personal information
He attended Stokesley School.[7] Full name Charles Tanfield
Born 17 November 1996
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire,
Career England [1]

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
the gold medal.[8][9] Tanfield won silver in the team Team information
pursuit and gold in the individual pursuit at the 2018
Current team Saint Piran
Commonwealth Games where he set of time of
Disciplines Road
4:11.455,[10] the third fastest individual pursuit time in
history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in track
the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Role Rider
Games.[11]
Rider type Pursuitist (track)
Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 Amateur teams
British Cycling National Track Championships 2015 Easton Ritte Road Racing
bringing his total to five at the time. He won the 2016 Planet X–Northside
individual pursuit for the second time and the team 2017 Brother NRG DriverPlan
pursuit for the third time.[12] 2017 Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional teams
He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer 2018–2021 Canyon Eisberg[3]
Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic 2022 Ribble Weldtite[4]
Games. 2023– Saint Piran
Major wins

Personal life Track


Team pursuit, World Championships
His brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver (2018)
medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road
time trial.[13] They were both born on the same day Medal record
two years apart. Men's track cycling
Representing Great Britain

Major results Olympic Games


2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Road 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2017 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
Championships
5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield) 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
2018 European Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23
2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Championships
8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
2021 2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series
2023 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
4th Time trial, National Championships 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
2022 Munich Team pursuit
Track Representing England
2017 Commonwealth Games
National Championships
1st Team pursuit 2018 Gold Coast Individual pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

2018 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit


1st Team pursuit, UCI World
Championships
Commonwealth Games
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit

UCI World Cup, Minsk


1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit

National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2019
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2021
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2022
UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit

2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games


2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2023
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships


3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
2024
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit

UCI Nations Cup


1st Team pursuit, Adelaide
1st Team pursuit, Milton

2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games


2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References
1. "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold" (http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-te
es/2018-04-06/great-aytons-charlie-tanfield-takes-commonwealth-gold/). Retrieved
28 August 2018.
2. "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth
Games" (https://web.archive.org/web/20200716111940/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cyclin
g-track/athlete-profile-n6033432-charlie-tanfield.htm). results.gc2018.com. Archived from
the original (https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n6033432-charlie-tanf
ield.htm) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
3. "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen" (https://web.archive.org/web/20200314204552/https://www.uci.or
g/road/teams/TeamDetail/14067/1002054/257). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale.
Archived from the original (https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14067/1002054/257)
on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
4. "Ribble Weldtite" (https://ribbleweldtite.co.uk/). Ribble Weldtite. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
5. "Charlie TANFIELD" (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/charlie-tanfield). Olympics.com.
Retrieved 9 January 2022.
6. Rogers, Owen (28 October 2018). "The Tanfield Factor: Harry and Charlie discuss fame,
family and the future" (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tanfield-factor-harry-charl
ie-discuss-fame-family-future-398284). cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
7. "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k" (https://www.gazetteliv
e.co.uk/news/teesside-news/school-produced-medal-winning-tanfield-14586452). Teesside
Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
8. "Start list" (http://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003100002010601FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01).
Retrieved 10 April 2018.
9. "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver" (https://
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43248234). BBC Sport. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
10. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying" (http://
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/16142044.COMMONWEALTH_GAMES__Tanfield_break
s_record_in_individual_pursuit_qualifying/). The Northern Echo. 6 April 2018. Retrieved
27 August 2018.
11. "Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold" (https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-r
esult/CTR/T/M/PURTEAM4----------/FNL-/000100--). Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results.
Retrieved 31 July 2022.
12. "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results" (https://www.velouk.net/2023/01/29/tra
ck-result-british-track-championships-results/). Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
13. "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond
grabs bronze in the men's event" (https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/commonwealth-ga
mes/day-6-recap-kiwi-cyclist-linda-villumsen-wins-silver-in-womens-time-trial-hamish-bond-
grabs-bronze-mens-event). Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via TVNZ.

External links
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Charlie_Tanfield) at
British Cycling
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.uci.org/rider-details/147414) at UCI
Charlie Tanfield (https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfi
che.php?coureurid=118658) at Cycling Archives (archived)
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/190399) at ProCyclingStats
Charlie Tanfield (https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=25118) at Cycling
Quotient
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/charlie-tanfield) at Olympics.com
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/6Qm2yOd3ulWUM88JjoFtf7) at Team GB
Charlie Tanfield (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1805244) at Olympedia
Charlie Tanfield (https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/charlie-tanfield) at Team
England
Charlie Tanfield (https://web.archive.org/web/2022/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-trac
k/athlete-profile-n6033432-charlie-tanfield.htm) at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth
Games (archived)
Charlie Tanfield (https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56742) at the
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Charlie Tanfield (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/charlie-tanfield_1912560) at the
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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