Christopher Jack Latham (born 6 February 1994) is an English cyclist from

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, who most recently rode for

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. In 2015 he won the bronze medal in the elimination race at the

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in Grenchen,

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Career

He spent three seasons riding for the team before joining for 2018. Latham joined for the 2019 season. He remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, when he joined for the 2021 season. At the

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in Paris, France, Latham represented

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as he competed as the sighted pilot for Stephen Bate in the men's pursuit B. The pair set a new world record in qualifying to reach the gold medal final. However, previous world record holders Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos of

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retook the world record in their qualifying run and went on to beat Bate and Latham in the final, meaning the British pair won a silver medal.

Major results

Track

;2011 : 2nd

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, National Junior Championships ;2012 : National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

::1st

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

::3rd Scratch : UEC European Junior Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Scratch ::2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit : 2nd Team pursuit,

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;2013 : 2nd

Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...

;2014 :

::1st

Team pursuit ::3rd Scratch ;2015 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships : UCI World Cup ::2nd

, Cambridge ::3rd

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, Cali : 2nd

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(with Oliver Wood) : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Elimination race, UEC European Championships :

::3rd

::3rd Scratch ;2016 : UCI World Cup ::2nd Scratch, Apeldoorn ::3rd

, Hong Kong ;2017 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch,

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

;2018 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch,

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Road

;2014 : 1st Spiere-Helkijn ;2015 : 1st Beaumont Trophy : 10th Overall Tour de Berlin ;2016 : 1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour : 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 3rd

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: 4th Antwerpse Havenpijl : 7th Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2017 : 1st East Cleveland–Klondike GP : 4th Velothon Wales

References

External links

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* * 1994 births English male cyclists British male cyclists Living people Sportspeople from Bolton British track cyclists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain English track cyclists 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling {{UK-cycling-bio-stub