Christopher Malcolm Newton (born 29 September 1973,

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the ...

, England) is a road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and triple Olympic medalist.

Biography

Newton went to Linthorpe Juniors and Boynton Comprehensive in Teesside, and, aged 13, started cycling with Teesside Clarion. He is an

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of the

University of Teesside , mottoeng = Deeds Not Words , established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status , type = Public , endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20) , chancellor ...

. Newton first competed in the

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in 1994, winning the silver medal in the Team Pursuit with Tony Doyle, Rob Hayles and

Bryan Steel Bryan Steel (born 5 January 1969) is an English former professional racing cyclist. Cycling career Steel represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the individual pursuit and wo ...

. He was a member of the British Team Pursuit squad which finished tenth at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. The team included Matt Illingworth, Rob Hayles and

. He won the bronze medal in the Team Pursuit at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney. He won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit, and the bronze in the Points Race at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester. Newton won the silver medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He also competed in the Points Race, but failed to finish the race. He won gold in the Team Pursuit at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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. Despite his focus on pursuing a track career at world class level, Newton's all-round ability has also seen him take many wins in top international amateur road races throughout his career. Newton broke his collarbone on 6 March 2008 when a car door was opened in his path whilst he was training on the road, putting him out of contention for the upcoming World Championships at the end of March. This put him on the backfoot at the

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in Beijing, where he contested the

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. Joan Llaneras built up an impressive lead to take the gold, leaving Newton to battle it out with

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for silver. A late attack by Kluge left Newton unable to respond, but he was happy to take a bronze medal at his fourth Olympic Games. At the first round of the World Cup Classics series, in Manchester on 1 November 2008, Newton was on top form and dominated the points race. He was the clear winner and won the final sprint to a standing ovation from the crowd. On that night Great Britain won all gold in all 6 events.

Palmarès

Track

;1991 :4th Junior World Championships, Team Pursuit ;1993 :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race ;1994 :2nd Team Pursuit,

(with

Doyle Doyle is a surname of Irish origin. The name is a back-formation from O'Doyle, which is an Anglicisation of the Irish (), meaning "descendant of ''Dubhghall''". There is another possible etymology: the Anglo-Norman surname ''D'Oyley'' with agglu ...

, Hayles &

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) ;1995 :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit ;1996 :3rd World Cup, Germany, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Illingworth &

) :3rd World Cup, Italy, Team Pursuit, (with

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, Illingworth &

) ;1999 :1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit ;2000 :2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with

Wiggins Team Wiggins Le Col (), also known as ''Team Wiggins'' in media, was a professional developmental cycling team based in the United Kingdom, which began competing in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling in 2015. The team folded at the e ...

, Manning &

) :3rd Team Pursuit,

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, (with

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, Hayles, Manning,

) ;2001 :2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with

, Manning &

) :2nd World Cup,

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, Team Pursuit, (with

, Manning,

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) ;2002 :1st World Championships, Points Race :1st National Track Champs, Points Race :2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with

, Manning &

) :2nd Team Pursuit,

, (with Manning,

) :3rd Points Race,

;2003 :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :3rd World Cup,

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, Points Race :4th World Championships, Points Race ;2004 :2nd Team Pursuit,

, (with Cummings, Manning &

) :2nd World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Hayles, Manning &

) :1st World Cup, Sydney, Team Pursuit, (with Hayles, Manning,

& R. Downing :1st World Cup, Manchester (with Hayles, Manning &

) :1st National Track Champs, Points Race :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit (with Manning,

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) :2nd World Cup, Sydney, Points Race :2nd World Cup, Los Angeles, Points Race :3rd World Cup, Moscow, Scratch Race 15km :4th World Cup,

, Points Race :4th World Cup, Moscow, Points Race ;2005 :1st World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Steve Cummings, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles) :1st World Cup, Manchester (1), (with Steve Cummings, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles) :2nd World Cup, Manchester (2), (with

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, Paul Manning and Rob Hayles) ;2006 :1st World Cup, Moscow, Team Pursuit, (with Manning,

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& Clancy) :1st Team Pursuit,

, (with Cummings, Manning and Rob Hayles) :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :1st National Track Champs, Team Pursuit :3rd National Track Champs, Pursuit (with Manning, Cummings and Clancy) :4th World Championships, Points Race ;2008 :3rd Points race,

:1st World Cup, Points Race series winner :1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :1st National Track Champs, Points Race ;2009 :1st Points race,

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:1st National Track Champs, Scratch Race :1st National Track Champs, Points Race 3rd Points Race World Championships Poland

Road

;1993 :1st British Centre of Excellence Road Race ;1995 :1st

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, International Archer Grand Prix :1st

, Silver Spoon 2-day ::1st Stage 2, Silver Spoon 2-day ::2nd Stage 1, Silver Spoon 2-day ::2nd Stage 3, Silver Spoon 2-day :2nd British National Championships, Team Time Trial :3rd British National Championships, Hill Climb ;1996 :1st Tour of Lancashire :1st

, International Archer Grand Prix :2nd Tour of Langkawi,

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::1st King of the Mountains, Tour of Langkawi :3rd

British National Time Trial Championships The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...

– 25-mile ;1997 :1st British National Championships, Team Time Trial :1st

– 25-mile :1st Grand Prix de l'Oms a Fontainne, France :1st Grand Prix de la Londe, France :1st Grand Prix Bonville, France :1st Grand Prix de Geneve,

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;1998 :1st British National Championships, Team Time Trial :1st Manx International Time Trial :1st

, Grand Prix of Essex :1st

, Europa 2-day ::1st Stage 1, Europa 2-day ::1st Stage 2, Europa 2-day :1st Mersey Invitation Time Trial :2nd

– 25-mile :8th Prutour, Prydain ;1999 :1st

:1st

– 25-mile :1st British National Championships, Team Time Trial :1st Manx International Time Trial :1st

, Europa 2-day ::2nd Stage 1, Bishop's Waltham- Stephen's Castle, ''Premier Calendar'', Europa 2-day ::2nd Stage 2, Bishop's Waltham, ''Premier Calendar'', Europa 2-day ;2000 :1st

:1st Grand Prix Claude Criquielion,

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:1st

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:1st

, Europa 2-day ::1st Stage 2, Bishop's Waltham, ''Premier Calendar'', Europa 2-day :1st

, Lincoln Grand Prix :1st

, Silver Spoon Chase :1st

, Oleum Grand Prix :3rd UCI World Cup, Italy :3rd

– 25-mile :45th 49th Olympia Tour,

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::1st Stage 7,

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, 49th Olympia Tour ::1st Stage 8,

Almere Almere () is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km to the east of Amsterdam (as the crow flies) across the IJmeer. Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde, the municipality of Almere compr ...

, 49th Olympia Tour ::2nd Stage 1,

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, 49th Olympia Tour ;2001 :1st

British National Circuit Race Championships The British National Circuit Race Championships cover several different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. The first championships were held in 1979 for professional cyclists only. Amateur championships were ...

:1st Circuit des Mines, France ::1st Stage 5, Sainte Marie aux Chenes-

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, Circuit des Mines ::2nd Stage 1, Briey-

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- D'Eau, Circuit des Mines ::2nd Stage 4,

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- Guenange, Circuit des Mines ::3rd Stage 6, Trieux- Chateau de Malbrouck, Circuit des Mines :1st Grand Prix Ploogestraat,

:1st

, Lancaster Grand Prix :3rd

:23rd Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca ::1st Stage 3, Santa Margarita, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca ::2nd Stage 1, Laya de Palma-

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, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca ;2002 :1st Tour de la Manche, France :2nd FBD Milk Rás, Ireland ::1st Sprint Competition, FBD Milk Rás ::1st Stage 1, FBD Milk Rás,

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–

Ballinamore Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in County Leitrim, Ireland. Etymology , corrupted ''Bellanamore'', means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) of the Yellow River. T ...

::2nd Stage 4, FBD Milk Rás,

Killorglin Killorglin () is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2016 CSO census, the town's population was 2,199. Killorglin is on the Ring of Kerry tourist route, and annual events include the August Puck Fair festival, which starts with the crow ...

–

Castletownbere Castletownbere () is a town in County Cork in Ireland. It is located on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour. It is also known as Castletown Berehaven. A regionally important fishing port, the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub ...

::2nd Stage 5, FBD Milk Rás,

– Midleton ::1st Stage 6, FBD Milk Rás,

Dungarvan Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre ...

–

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::1st Stage 7, FBD Milk Rás,

–

Baltinglass Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. Etymology The town's Irish name, '' ...

::1st Stage 8, FBD Milk Rás,

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Circuit Race :1st Stage 1, Beroun-Beroun, Gweriniaeth Tsiec :1st Stage 4, Joeuf –

, Circuit des Mines, France :3rd

– 25-mile ;2003 :1st FBD Milk Rás, Ireland ::Stage 5, FBD Milk Rás, Letterkenny –

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;2004 :3rd Colne Grand Prix ;2005 :1st

:1st FBD Insurance Ras, Ireland ::3rd, Sprint Competition, FBD Insurance Ras :2nd Clitheroe Town Centre Grand Prix ;2006 :1st Stage race, Tour of the South ::1st 1 Stage, Tour of the South :2nd

– 25-mile ;2007 :1st

Series :1st

, Bikeline 2-day,

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::1st Stage 1,

, Bikeline 2-day :1st

, Ryedale Grand Prix :2nd

, 38th Girvan 3-day ::1st Stage 1, 38th Girvan 3-day ::3rd Stage 2, 38th Girvan 3-day ::3rd Stage 3, 38th Girvan 3-day ::4th Stage 4, 38th Girvan 3-day :2nd

, Beaumont Trophy :3rd

, Blackpool Grand Prix :

, Grand Prix of Wales :5th

, Tour of Pendle ;2008 : 1st Stage 3, FBD Insurance Rás, Claremorris – Lisdoonvarna : 1st Clayton Velo Spring Classic :4th Lincoln Grand Prix :4th Richmond Grand Prix ;2009 :1st Rochdale Grand Prix Circuit Race :3rd Newcastle Leazes Criterium : 4th Lincoln Grand Prix ;2010 : 1st Lincoln GP : 1st Tour Doon Hame : 1st Beaumont Trophy : 1st

Series : 3rd Clayton Velo Spring Classic : 4th East Yorkshire Classic : 5th York Cycling City Centre Race

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newton, Chris 1973 births Living people English male cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Alumni of Teesside University Sportspeople from Middlesbrough Olympic medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) English cycling coaches Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics University of Michigan alumni Cyclists from Yorkshire Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling English track cyclists Rás Tailteann winners Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games