Charlie Tanfield

Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Canyon DHB p/b Soreen.[3] He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal.[4][5] 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[6] – the third fastest Individual pursuit time in history.

Charlie Tanfield
Tanfield in 2018
Personal information
Full nameCharles Tanfield
Born (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England [1]
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Team information
Current teamCanyon DHB p/b Soreen
Discipline
  • Road
  • track
RoleRider
Rider typePursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2015Easton Ritte Road Racing
2016Planet X–Northside
2017Brother NRG DriverPlan
2017Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional team
2018–Canyon Eisberg

Personal life

His brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.[7] They are both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results
2017
National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)
2018
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Commonwealth Games
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
8th Time trial
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Minsk
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2019
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

References
  1. "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "Start list". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. "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.
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