Joseph Truman (born 14 February 1997) is a British male

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 ...

, representing Great Britain at international competitions. His first major medal came at the

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in the team sprint. At the

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, Truman won Silver in the

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event alongside Ryan Owens and

Philip Hindes Philip Hindes MBE (born 22 September 1992) is a British track cyclist, specialising in sprints. He holds dual nationality, having been born in Germany to a British father. Having initially competed for Germany at a junior level, in 2010 he swit ...

. Truman participated in two seasons (2018/19 and 2019/20) of the 'JKA' Japanese Keirin racing series, a hugely popular, multi-million dollar gambling sport. A BBC documentary, 'The Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing: with Sir Chris Hoy' aired detailing the sport and following Truman's experiences while competing in Japan. Truman is multiple British champion, including winning the Keirin Championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships. He had finished second in 2019. At the

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in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the

. He also won two silver medals at the same Championships. Truman won Silver at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Team Sprint. His Commonwealth Games ended early after a crash in the Keirin on day two of competition

Truman holds the List of British records in track cycling, British record for the Kilometre Time Trial with a time of 58.667. This time was set during the

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where Truman achieved 3rd place in the event.

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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) : 2nd

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;2017 :

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::1st Team sprint ::2nd Individual Sprint :

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::3rd Team Sprint, Round 1 (

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) ;2018 : 2018 British National Track Championships ::1st Kilometre Time Trial ::2nd Keirin :

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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

::2nd Team Sprint, Round 2 (

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) ::2nd Team Sprint, Round 4 (

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) ;2019 : 2019 British National Track Championships ::1st Individual Sprint ::3rd Keirin : 3rd

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;2020 :

::1st Team sprint ::1st Keirin ;2022 :

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::2nd Team Sprint ;2023 :2nd

, UEC European Championships ;2024 :3rd 1 km time trial,

References

External links

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