Tim Carswell Explained

Birth Date:22 October 1971

Timothy "Tim" Christopher Carswell (born 22 October 1971) is a former New Zealand racing cyclist. He won two bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games; one in the twenty kilometre scratch race and one in the team pursuit alongside fellow riders Brendon Cameron, Greg Henderson and Lee Vertongen.[1]

He competed at two Olympics; in 1996 at Atlanta the team came 8th in the 4000m team pursuit, and in 2000 at Sydney the team came 6th in the 4000m team pursuit.

Career

After a two year stint for Carswell with the UCI World Cycling Centre as head coach he returned home to New Zealand ad was appointed Endurance coach for the National track program.[2] [3] In 2016 Carswell joined the St Peter's School Cycling team as coach with his wife to help promote cycling to the younger generations.[4] [5] In February 2019 Carswell was appointed Head Coach of the Waikato hub of the Cycling New Zealand Network.[6] In April 2022 Carswell was appointed the position of National coach for the Belgium Track cycling team. He has a contract with them until the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

Major results

Source:[8]

1999
  • 8th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 2

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Tim Carswell . New Zealand Olympic Team . 13 May 2022 . en . 8 February 2016.
    2. Web site: Cycling: Carswell to join world cycling body . NZ Herald . 13 May 2022 . en-NZ . 3 February 2012.
    3. Web site: Carswell joins BikeNZ coaching team . RNZ . 13 May 2022 . en-nz . 13 September 2014.
    4. Web site: Bain . Mike . Former Olympians training next generation of cycling champs at St Peter's School, Cambridge . Stuff . 13 May 2022 . en . 8 June 2017.
    5. Web site: St Peter's Welcomes Olympic Cycling Coach Tim Carswell St Peter's News & Events . www.stpeters.school.nz . 13 May 2022 . en . 2 June 2017.
    6. Web site: CARSWELL APPOINTED GRASSROOTS TRUST WAIKATO BOP PERFORMANCE HUB COACH . Cycling New Zealand . 13 May 2022 . 24 February 2019.
    7. Web site: New Zealander Tim Carswell presented as new national coach of Belgian track cycling: "More young people should combine road and track" . DodoFinance . 13 May 2022 . 16 April 2022.
    8. Web site: Tim Carswell . FirstCycling.com . 13 May 2022.

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