Matthew Crampton

Matthew "Matt" Nicholas Crampton (born 23 May 1986)[2] is an English former track cyclist for Sky Track Cycling. He was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme, and represented Great Britain at a number of major events. Crampton specialised in track sprinting and competed in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin and kilo events.

Matthew Crampton

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Nicholas Crampton
Born	23 May 1986 Manchester, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Sky Track Cycling
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
2006	Sportcity Velo
Professional teams
2008	Science in Sport
2010–2013	Sky Track Cycling
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Great Britain World Championships 2009 Pruszków Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint European Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin 2010 Pruszków Keirin 2010 Pruszków Team Sprint 2012 Panevėžys Team Sprint European Track Championships 2004 Valencia Sprint (Junior) 2004 Valencia Keirin (Junior) Representing England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team sprint Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Kilometer Time Trial 2004 Bendigo Keirin 2004 Bendigo Sprint

Biography

Born in Manchester, Crampton won the junior sprint and keirin events at the 2004 European Track Championships.[2] Crampton competed at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Bendigo, Australia in 2004, winning a silver medal in the keirin.[1]

He went on to take the silver medal as a member of England's Team Sprint squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2007 saw Crampton take the silver medal in the keirin and bronze in the team sprint at the European Track Championships, this time riding in the under 23 category.

He won a bronze medal in the individual sprint at the first round of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics at Manchester on 1 November 2008. He also won the Japanese Keirin Association Race the next day.[3]

On 15 November 2008 he competed in the Revolution 21 event in Manchester. He won both events he was entered in, the Sprint and the Keirin. Other riders present were Jason Kenny, Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff.

He won silver in the men's team sprint at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with teammates Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny. He also won silver in the same event two years later with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, after the French squad were stripped of the world title and the British team were promoted from their original bronze medals.[4]

At the 2011 UEC European Track Championships, Crampton won the gold medal in the keirin.[5]

He won gold in keirin and placed second at team sprint in Aguascalientes at 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup.

In November 2016 Crampton announced his retirement from competition, indicating that he would continue to be involved in the sport as a coach.[5]

Family

He is the older brother of Jessica Crampton.

References

1. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games profile
2. "Matthew Crampton Bio". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
3. "Manchester UCI World Track Cup (2008): Day 2". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
4. Stokes, Shane (6 January 2012). "UCI confirms Jason Kenny, Germany are upgraded to 2011 world track champions". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
5. Wynn, Nigel (24 November 2016). "British track sprinter Matt Crampton announces retirement". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

External links

• Interview by Larry Hickmott, British Cycling, Melbourne, 13 March 2006