Bryan Steel Explained
Bryan Steel |
Birth Date: | 1969 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nottingham, England, United Kingdom |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Weight: | 70 kg[1] |
Discipline: | Road & Track |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | - |
Proteam1: | Brite |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Bryan Steel (born 5 January 1969) is an English former professional racing cyclist.
Cycling career
Steel represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
He represented England in the individual pursuit and won a bronze medal in the 4,000 metres team pursuit, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] Four years later at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he won a silver medal in the team pursuit and competed in the individual pursuit. Eight years later he won a third Commonwealth Games medal when winning a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4]
Personal life
Steel was born in Nottingham and now lives in Sutton near Mansfield[5] and is involved with promoting cycling for D.A.R.E. UK.[6]
Palmarès
- 1994
1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Rob Hayles)
2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 1996
1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Simon Lillistone)
3rd Team Pursuit, 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round, Italy
3rd Team Pursuit, 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round, Cottbus
- 2000
3rd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2001
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
- 2002
2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
3rd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2003
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
2nd Team Pursuit, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 2, Aguascalientes
2nd Team Pursuit, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 3, Cape Town
- 2004
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games
1st Team Pursuit, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 4, SydneyNotes and References
- Web site: Bryan Steel Olympic Profile . British Olympic Association . 29 May 2008 . 25 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100225042006/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2904 . dead .
- Bryan Steel Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/bryan-steel-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 1 August 2016.
- Web site: 1990 Athletes. Team England.
- Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Web site: GB CYCLING TEAM PROFILES. https://web.archive.org/web/20010122092800/http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/cycling/cyclingsquadbio9.html. dead. 2001-01-22.
- Web site: Bryan Steel . D.A.R.E. UK . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517074518/http://www.daresport.co.uk/Pages/Static/BryanSteel.aspx . 17 May 2008 .