Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy

Edward "Ed" Clancy MBE (born Edward Clancy, 12 March 1985, Barnsley) is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the Rapha Condor-JLT team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he is the reigning Olympic and World champion.

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 twice European champion (in 2010 and 2011) in team pursuit; he has also won World (2010) and European (2011) titles at Omnium. On the road, he won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin.

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.

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.

British Cycling announced in September 2012 following the 2012 Olympic Games that Clancy would replace Sir Chris Hoy in the Great Britain team for the team sprint event for a number of competitions.

Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

He lives in Newton-le-Willows. He is a lifelong supporter of his local football team - Huddersfield Town.

Read more about Ed Clancy:  Major Results, World Records