Matt Illingworth (born 25 July 1968)
) is a road and track racing cyclist, in individual and team pursuits and time-trials track and road. He rode for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

in the team time-trial at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling ...

, coming second. He was a member of the silver-medal pursuit team and won bronze in the individual pursuit at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay language, Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by sev ...

. He also rode at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He broke the 10-mile record in 1992 and the 30-mile in 1998.

Palmarès

Track

;1993 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships ;1994 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships ;1996 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships :3rd

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, Team Pursuit, (with

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, Newton & Steel) :3rd

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, Team Pursuit, (with

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, Newton & Steel) ;1997 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships :3rd

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, Team Pursuit (with

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, Steel &

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) ;1998 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships :2nd Team Pursuit,

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(with

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) :2nd British National Individual Pursuit Championships :3rd Individual Pursuit,

;1999 :1st British National Team Pursuit Championships :2nd British National Individual Pursuit Championships

Road

;1992 :1st Stage 2,

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, Girvan 3 day :3rd Overall Tour of Normandy ;1994 :2nd Team time trial,

;1998 :3rd

series ::1st

, Silver Spoon 2 day :::1st Stage 1, Silver Spoon :::2nd Stage 2, Silver Spoon ::1st Stage 3,

, Girvan 3 day ::1st Stage 4,

, Girvan 3 day ;1999 :1st CTT National Time Trial Championships - 10 miles :2nd

, Silver Spoon 2 day ::2nd Stage 1, Silver Spoon ::3rd Stage 3, Silver Spoon ;2000 :2nd CTT National Time Trial Championships - 50 miles :3rd CTT National Time Trial Championships - 10 miles 1st Stage 2 Tour of Majorca 2nd Overall Tour of Majorca

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Illingworth, Matt 1968 births Living people English male cyclists Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Westcliff-on-Sea Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games