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Ed
Clancy, an Olympic gold medalist and four time world champion, is a fundamental
member of the awe inspiring Great British cycling team. On the track he
competes in the Team Pursuit and as an individual in the new Olympic discipline
called the Omnium, a multi race event. Ed is a World, Olympic and European
Champion on the track and also rides for the domestic road team
Rapha-Condor-Sharp. An explosive sprinter with the durability to match, he has
a great chance of winning a couple of medals at the 2012 Olympics Games.
Ed
got into cycling when his father bought him his first bike when he was 5 years
old. At 15 he was spotted whilst attending a British Cycling event and was part
of the first intake into the British Cycling Academy of which other names
included Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas.
Ed has a unique blend of pure speed and
endurance and is Man One in the Team Pursuit, his job to get
the team to their average speed as quickly as possible. He is unique and
unrivalled in the World and a lot of the recent success of the team is put down
to the start he gives them. Regarded as one of the fastest track sprinters on
the planet, Ed is set to mount a series medal challenge at the London Olympics
in 2012.
Away
from the track Ed is an avid motorsport fan and spends his spare time either
racing his own cars and motorbikes or attending events at race circuits around
the country. He supports a number of charities and is involved in the British
Cycling academy programme encouraging individuals to start cycling. Ed is
a terrific ambassador for his sport and a great role model, not only for
cycling but sport as a collective. His laid back and sociable nature has made
Ed very popular with the media and he is very experienced in motivational
speaking and corporate event appearances.
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