Jonathan Clay, better known as Jonny Clay (born 26 June 1963) is a British former professional cross-country, track and

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. A silver medalist in the individual pursuit at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

, Clay was also part of the team pursuit line up which took the

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at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

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. After retiring from competitive cycling in 2000, he was appointed British Cycling’s Regional Talent Manager for the North East. In 2004 he took over management of the membership department before being appointed Cycle Sport and Membership Director of British Cycling in 2009. A winner of several Premier Calendar events, he now helps to organise some of the races. Clay is also a committee member for the Dave Rayner fund, which assists young cyclists to race on the continent, and hopefully, turn professional.

Palmarès

;1986 :2nd Amateur

British National Road Race Championships The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of United Kingdom, British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. History Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclist ...

:2nd Overall, Premier Calendar series :1st Tour of the Peaks :21st World Amateur Road Race Championships (Colorado Springs USA) 1988 :7th overall 'Milk Race' Tour of Britain ;1995 :1st Professional British National Circuit Race Championships ;1996 :3rd

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 ...

;1997 :3rd Overall, Premier Calendar series :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 ...

:4th Lincoln International Grand Prix ;1998 :2nd Individual pursuit,

:1st British National Madison Championships (with

Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, un ...

) :2nd Overall, Premier Calendar series :3rd Pursuit,

British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are a Track cycling event held annually and organised by the national governing body for track cycling (and other forms of cycling) in Great Britain, British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federat ...

;1999 :2nd British National Madison Championships (with

Russell Downing Russell Downing (born 23 August 1978) is an English former professional cyclist, who rode competitively between 1999 and 2019 for numerous teams, such as and . He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing, and both brothers compete ...

) ;2000 :2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships :3rd Team pursuit,

:2nd

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clay, Jon 1979 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Leeds English track cyclists British track cyclists Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling