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Jack Carlin (born 23 April 1997) is a Scottish
track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
, specialising in sprint events. He has won four Olympic medals; two at the
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and two at the
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.


Cycling career

In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the
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in the
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. In 2018 he won silver medals at the
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in both the
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and
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. This was followed by silver in the
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at the
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and bronze at the
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in the
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. Carlin again achieved a silver medal in the
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at the 2020 World Championships. He then went on to become a double Olympic medallist at his debut Games in
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, winning silver and bronze in the
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and
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respectively. At the
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in Newport, Wales, he won three British titles (to add to his previous five) after winning the
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,
keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ...
and the
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. Later that year, he won silver in the
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and bronze in the
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at the
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. The latter was awarded following the relegation of
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in the deciding race after he was adjudged to have deviated from his racing line and unduly interfered with Carlin's sprint. On 24 June 2024, Carlin was named in the Great Britain squad for the
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. At the Games in
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, he won a silver medal with Ed Lowe and
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in the
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, losing out in the final to the Netherlands, who set a new world record. He won a bronze medal in the
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, having been beaten by eventual champion
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in the semi-finals and defeating
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in the bronze medal final. In the
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, Carlin won his semi-final and advanced to the final, where he was involved in a last lap crash with two other riders.


Major results

;2016 : Track Cycling World Cup ::1st Team sprint, Round 1 (
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) ::1st Team sprint, Round 2 (
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) :
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::2nd
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, ;2018 :
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::2nd
Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
::2nd
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:
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::2nd
Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...
:
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::3rd
Keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ...
;2019 :
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::2nd
Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
;2020 :
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::2nd
Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
;2021 :
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::2nd
Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
::3rd
Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...
;2022 :
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
::2nd
Keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ...
::3rd
Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...
;2024 :
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::2nd
Team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
::3rd
Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...


See also

* List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint


References


External links


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