Paul Manning (cyclist) explained

Paul Manning
MBE
Fullname:Paul Christian Manning
Birth Date:6 November 1974
Birth Place:Sutton Coldfield, England
Height:[1]
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Currentteam:Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner
Discipline:Road & Track
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2007–2008
Proteam1:Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner

Paul Christian Manning, (born 6 November 1974, Sutton Coldfield) is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008. He is strong in the Individual and Team Pursuit disciplines on track and has won many medals for Britain in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Track World Championships and Track World Cups.

He was the British national individual pursuit champion in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was also the national points race champion in 2005.

On 17 August 2008, Manning was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold.[2] The following day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit broke their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds.[3]

After the Olympics he announced his retirement from professional cycling.[4] Manning was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[5]

After his retirement Manning joined the GB Cycling Team coaching staff as women's endurance coach; since then the women's endurance team has broken the Team Pursuit world record six times, once in winning the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Manning won the ‘High Performance Coach of the Year Award’ at the 2012 UK Coaching Awards.[6]

He studied Earth Sciences at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1996.

Manning coaches the New Zealand female pursuit team, going to the 2024 Olympics with the team.

Palmares

Olympics

2000 Sydney
  • 3rd, Team Pursuit (bronze medal)
    2004 Athens
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit (silver medal)
    2008 Beijing
  • 1st, Team Pursuit (gold medal)

    World Championships

    2000 Manchester
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
    2001 Belgium
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
    2003 Stuttgart
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
  • 4th, Individual Pursuit
    2004 Melbourne
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
    2005 Los Angeles
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
    2006 Bordeaux
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
  • 3rd, Individual Pursuit
    2007 Palma de Mallorca
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
    2008 Manchester
  • 1st, Team Pursuit

    Commonwealth Games

    2002 Manchester
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
  • 3rd, Individual Pursuit
    2006 Melbourne
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
  • 9th, Men's Road Time Trial

    UCI Track World Cup

    2002 Mexico
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
    2003 South Africa
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
    2003 Mexico
  • 2nd, Team Pursuit
  • 3rd, Individual Pursuit
    2004 Sydney
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
    2004 Manchester
  • 3rd, Individual Pursuit
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
    2005/6 Manchester
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
    2006 Moscow
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
  • 3rd, Individual Pursuit

    British Championships

    2001
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
    2003
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
    2004
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit
  • 1st, Team Pursuit
    2005
  • 1st, Points Race
  • 1st, Individual Pursuit

    Other results

    1996
  • Duo Normand (with Chris Boardman)
    2001
  • FBD Milk Ras
    2002
  • FBD Milk Ras stage 6
    2003
  • Herald Sun Tour stage 8
    2007
  • Tour of Britain stage 6

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Athlete Biography - MANNING Paul. Beijing Olympics official website. https://web.archive.org/web/20080908182225/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/225161.shtml. 2008-09-08.
    2. Web site: GB pursuit team set world record. BBC Sport. 17 August 2008.
    3. Web site: GB storm to gold in team pursuit. BBC Sport. 18 August 2008.
    4. Web site: Paul Manning: I've got a gold medal but I don't have a job. 31 August 2008 . Daily Mirror.
    5. Web site: 50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame. British Cycling. 2009-12-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty. 20 December 2009. dmy-all.
    6. Web site: [London Marathon] 2013 celebrity biographies]. Virgin London Marathon. 21 April 2013.

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