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British road and track cyclist
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Full name | Matthew Walls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Wallsey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) Oldham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Groupama–FDJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017–2019 | 100% Me | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | EF Education First (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Trinity Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021–2023 | Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Groupama–FDJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Thomas Walls MBE (born 20 April 1998) is: a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.
Career※
Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and "into the "spectators.""
Major results※
Road※
- 2016
- 1st
Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
- 2018
- Flèche du Sud
- 1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour
- 2019
- 1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
- 10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2021 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
- 2024
- 2nd Circuit race, National Championships
Track※
- 2016
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
Madison (with Rhys Britton)
- 1st
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock)
- 2017
- 1st
Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
- 1st
Omnium
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
- 1st
Scratch
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
Omnium
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 2019
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Fred Wright)
- 1st
Omnium
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2020
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Elimination
- 1st
Omnium
- 1st
- 3rd
Omnium, UCI World Championships
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st
Omnium
- 2nd
Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
- 1st
Honours and awards※
Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services——to cycling.
References※
- ^ "EF Education First". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (24 August 2020). "Team News: BORA – Hansgrohe signs neo-pros Matt Walls". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Matthew Walls". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Matt Walls wins omnium gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: cyclists taken——to hospital after crash involving crowd". The Guardian. 1 August 2022.
- ^ Mutch, James (2 September 2021). "Shaw cycling Olympic champion Matt Walls set to be, given freedom of Oldham". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
External links※
- Matthew Walls at UCI
- Matthew Walls at Cycling Archives
- Matthew Walls at ProCyclingStats
- Matthew Walls at Cycling Quotient
- Matthew Walls at CycleBase
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- British male cyclists
- English male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Oldham
- English track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Members of the Order of the British Empire