David Baker (cyclist) explained

David Baker
Nickname:Baxter
Birth Date:30 December 1965
Birth Place:
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Cyclo-cross & MTB
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cyclo-cross, XC MTB
Amateurteam1:Ace Racing Team
Amateurteam2:Norton Wheelers
Proyears1:1987-1990
Proteam1:Ace RT Peugeot Cycles
Proyears2:1991-1994
Proteam2:Team Raleigh
Proyears3:1995-1998
Proteam3:GT Bicycles

David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing.

Biography

Baker, from Dronfield, Derbyshire, began riding cyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to Ace Racing Team where he and teammate Tim Gould dominated cyclo-cross for years. In the late 1980s, Baker and Gould tried small mountain bike races, progressing to Mountain Bike Club events which were then a national series. The British Mountain Bike Federation began in the early 1990s; Baker won the national series on numerous occasions, along with national championships. In 1993, he won the UK round of the Grundig Mountain Bike World Cup at Newnham Park, near Plymouth. He came 15th for Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[1] Two years later he retired with heart problems.

In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.

Major results

1992
  • 1st National XC Championships
  • 1st Overall National Points Series
  • 3rd UCI World XC Championships
    1993
  • 1st National XC Championships
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Plymouth
    1994
  • 1st National XC Championships

    Notes and References

    1. David Baker Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041156/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/david-baker-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 March 2020.