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Matthew Thomas Walls MBE (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist,[2] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[3][4]

Matt Walls
MBE
Walls in 2019
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Walls
NicknameWallsey
Born (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 24)
Oldham, England
Team information
Current teamBora–Hansgrohe
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017–2019100% Me
2019EF Education First (stagiaire)[1]
2020Trinity Racing
Professional team
2021–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
One day races and Classics
Gran Piemonte (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoOmnium
2020 TokyoMadison
World Championships
2020 BerlinOmnium
European Championships
2018 GlasgowElimination race
2020 PlovdivOmnium
2020 PlovdivElimination race
Junior World Championships
2016 AiglePoints race
2016 AigleTeam pursuit
U23 & Junior European Championships
2016 AigleJunior Madison
2016 AigleJunior Team pursuit
2017 SangalhosU23 Team pursuit
2018 AigleU23 Scratch
2018 AigleU23 Madison
2018 AigleU23 Team pursuit
2019 GhentU23 Omnium
2019 GhentU23 Madison

Career


Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.[6]


Career achievements



Major results



Road

2016
1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
2018
Flèche du Sud
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour
2019
1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
1st Stage 3
2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial
3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021
1st Gran Piemonte
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway

Track

2016
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison (with Rhys Britton)
UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Points
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Matt Bostock), National Championships
2017
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)
National Championships
1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
1st Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
2018
1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2019
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Fred Wright)
1st Omnium
National Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Points
2nd Team pursuit
2020
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
1st Omnium
3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2021
Olympic Games
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

Honours and awards


Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.[7]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[8][9]


References


  1. "EF Education First". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. "Matthew Walls". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Hickmott, Larry (24 August 2020). "Team News: BORA – Hansgrohe signs neo-pros Matt Walls". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Matt Walls wins omnium gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
  6. "Commonwealth Games: cyclists taken to hospital after crash involving crowd". The Guardian. 1 August 2022.
  7. Mutch, James (2 September 2021). "Shaw cycling Olympic champion Matt Walls set to be given freedom of Oldham". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
  9. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.



На других языках

[de] Matthew Walls

Matthew „Matt“ Thomas Walls MBE (* 20. April 1998 in Manchester) ist ein britischer Radsportler, der Rennen auf Bahn und Straße bestreitet. 2021 wurde er in Tokio Olympiasieger im Omnium auf der Bahn.
- [en] Matt Walls

[fr] Matthew Walls

Matthew "Matt" Walls (né le 20 avril 1998 à Oldham en Angleterre) est un coureur cycliste britannique, spécialiste de la piste et membre de l'équipe Bora-Hansgrohe. Sur piste, il est champion olympique de l'omnium en 2021, champion d'Europe de course à l'élimination en 2018 et 2020 et champion d'Europe d'omnium en 2020.

[it] Matthew Walls

Matthew Walls (Oldham, 20 aprile 1998) è un pistard e ciclista su strada britannico che corre per il team Bora-Hansgrohe. Su pista ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nell'omnium e l'argento nell'americana ai Giochi di Tokyo 2020, oltre a tre titoli europei Elite, due nella corsa a eliminazione e uno nell'omnium. Su strada è professionista dal 2021, anno in cui ha vinto il Giro del Piemonte.


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