Full name Edward Clancy 2005–2006 Sparkasse Weight 77 kg Rider type Endurance Height 1.86 m | Discipline Road & Track Role Bicycler Nickname Ed Clancy Name Ed Clancy Current team JLT-Condor | |
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Born 12 March 1985 (age 39)
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England ( 1985-03-12 ) 2006 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (stagiaire) Gold medals Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit Similar People Steven Burke, Andrew Tennant, Peter Kennaugh, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins Profiles | ||
Show us your scars ed clancy cycling weekly
Edward Clancy OBE (born 12 March 1985) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the JLT–Condor team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he is the reigning Olympic and European champion.
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- Show us your scars ed clancy cycling weekly
- Ed clancy s bupa fitness assessment
- Career
- Personal life
- References
In the London 2012 Olympics, he also participated in the Omnium, claiming a bronze medal. In total, Clancy is a four-time world champion (in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2012) and four-time European champion (in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) in the team pursuit; he has also won World (2010) and European (2011) titles in the omnium. On the road, he won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin.
Ed clancy s bupa fitness assessment
Career
Clancy has featured in a number of world record team pursuits. On 17 August 2008, Clancy was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with 3:55:202, beating Russia to the ride-off for silver and gold. The next day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British team broke their own world record in 3:53:314, beating Denmark by 6.7 seconds. Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
On 4 April 2012, Clancy was part of the Great Britain team which set a new world record of 3:53.295 in winning the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne.
After the 2012 Olympic Games, where he set a time of 1:00.981 in the Omnium Kilo Time Trial, British Cycling announced that Clancy would replace Sir Chris Hoy in the Great Britain team for the team sprint event, where he rode in the Man 3 position. Despite finishing 2nd in the Glasgow round of the world cup, Clancy returned to the endurance team for the 2013 world championships.
Personal life
He lives in Huddersfield. He is a lifelong supporter of his local football team – Huddersfield Town.