Jack Carlin Explained

Jack Carlin
Nickname:The Badger
Birth Date:23 April 1997
Birth Place:Paisley, Scotland
Discipline:Track
Role:Spider
Ridertype:Sprinter

Jack Carlin (born 23 April 1997)[1] is a Scottish track cyclist, specialising in sprint events. He has won four Olympic medals; two at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and two at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Cycling career

In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the European Track Championships in the team sprint.[2] [3]

In 2018 he won silver medals at the World Championships in both the sprint and team sprint. This was followed by silver in the sprint at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the European Championships in the keirin.

Carlin again achieved a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2020 World Championships. He then went on to become a double Olympic medallist at his debut Games in Tokyo, winning silver and bronze in the team sprint and sprint respectively.[4]

At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales, he won three British titles (to add to his previous five) after winning the sprint, keirin and the team sprint.[5] Later that year, he won silver in the keirin and bronze in the sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6] The latter was awarded following the relegation of Matthew Glaetzer in the deciding race after he was adjudged to have deviated from his racing line and unduly interfered with Carlin's sprint.[7]

On 24 June 2024, Carlin was named in the Great Britain squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] [9] [10] At the Games in Paris, he won a silver medal with Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull in the team sprint, losing out in the final to the Netherlands, who set a new world record.[11] [12] [13] He won a bronze medal in the sprint, having been beaten by eventual champion Harrie Lavreysen in the semi-finals and defeating Jeffrey Hoogland in the bronze medal final.[14] [15] In the keirin, Carlin won his semi-final and advanced to the final, where he was involved in a last lap crash with two other riders.[16] [17] [18]

Major results

2016
  • Track Cycling World Cup
  • 1st Team sprint, Round 1 (Glasgow)
  • 1st Team sprint, Round 2 (Apeldoorn)
  • European Track Championships
  • 2nd Team sprint,
    2018
  • UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  • 2nd Team sprint
  • 2nd Sprint
  • Commonwealth Games
  • 2nd Sprint
  • European Track Championships
  • 3rd Keirin
    2019
  • European Track Championships
  • 2nd Team sprint
    2020
  • UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  • 2nd Team sprint
    2021
  • Olympic Games
  • 2nd Team sprint
  • 3rd Sprint
    2022
  • Commonwealth Games
  • 2nd Keirin
  • 3rd Sprint
    2024
  • Olympic Games
  • 2nd Team sprint
  • 3rd Sprint

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Jack Carlin . Birmingham2022.com . . 3 August 2022.
    2. News: European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines . europeantrack2016.veloresults.com . 1 October 2016 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510100408/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts6.pdf . 10 May 2017 . dead .
    3. News: Jack Carlin . Cycling Archives . 13 February 2017.
    4. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Jack Carlin wins bronze for Team GB in men's cycling sprint . Sky Sports . 30 July 2022.
    5. Web site: 2022 National Track Championships. British Cycling. 29 March 2022.
    6. News: Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Jack Carlin wins keirin silver . BBC Sport .
    7. News: Commonwealth Games: Scotland clinch five cycling medals on day of drama . BBC Sport . 31 July 2022.
    8. Web site: Finucane and Pidcock headline Team GB cycling squad. 24 June 2024 . BBC Sport. 6 August 2024.
    9. Web site: Team GB announces first riders selected for Paris 2024. Team GB. 6 August 2024.
    10. Web site: PARIS 2024: TOM PIDCOCK, EMMA FINUCANE AND ETHAN HAYTER AMONG FIRST GB RIDERS SELECTED FOR OLYMPIC GAMES CYCLING SQUAD. Eurosport. 6 August 2024.
    11. Web site: GB win men's team sprint silver. 6 August 2024 . BBC Sport. 6 August 2024.
    12. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Team GB win silver in men's team sprint as Dutch storm to another gold. Eurosport. 6 August 2024.
    13. Web site: Olympics 2024: Team GB clinch silver in men's team sprint. 6 August 2024 . ESPN. 6 August 2024.
    14. Web site: 9 August 2024 . Men's Sprint Semifinals Results . 10 August 2024 . Olympics.com.
    15. Web site: 9 August 2024 . Men's Sprint Finals Results . 10 August 2024 . Olympics.com.
    16. Web site: 11 August 2024 . Men's keirin, semifinals results . 11 August 2024 . Olympics.com.
    17. Web site: 11 August 2024 . Men's keirin, finals results . 11 August 2024 . Olympics.com.
    18. Web site: McQuarrie . Alec . 11 August 2024 . Paris 2024: Team GB's Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull crash out of keirin as Harrie Lavreysen lands golden hat-trick . 11 August 2024 . Eurosport.com.

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