Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a 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
editTanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.[6] He attended Stokesley School.[7]
Career
editHe rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal.[8][9] 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,[10] the third fastest individual pursuit time in history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]
Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships bringing his total to five at the time. He won the individual pursuit for the second time and the team pursuit for the third time.[12]
He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.
Personal life
editHis brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.[13] They were both born on the same day two years apart.
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2017
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)
- 2018
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Championships - 8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 2021
- 1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series
- 2023
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
Track
edit- 2017
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships - Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- UCI World Cup, Minsk
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Championships - 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
- 2024
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- UCI Nations Cup
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
References
edit- ^ "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Ribble Weldtite". Ribble Weldtite. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Charlie TANFIELD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Rogers, Owen (28 October 2018). "The Tanfield Factor: Harry and Charlie discuss fame, family and the future". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Start list". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold". Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit
- Charlie Tanfield at British Cycling
- Charlie Tanfield at UCI
- Charlie Tanfield at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Charlie Tanfield at ProCyclingStats
- Charlie Tanfield at Cycling Quotient
- Charlie Tanfield at Olympics.com
- Charlie Tanfield at Olympedia
- Charlie Tanfield at Team GB
- Charlie Tanfield at Team England
- Charlie Tanfield at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Charlie Tanfield at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Charlie Tanfield at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
