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Samuel James Harrison (born 24 June 1992) is a
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racing cyclist. He has twice won medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in
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Cycling career

Harrison is from Risca,
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. He tried cycling after hearing his friends saying that
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was fun, and at the age of 13 he was soon racing with the local club, Cwmcarn Paragon. He was selected to be a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme in 2008. Harrison was nominated for the BBC's Young Sports Personality award in 2008, after winning three titles in the youth competition of the British National Track Championships. In February 2009, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the
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. He also won two medals at the Under-23 European Track Championships. 2011 saw Harrison break-through at a senior level. He won his first competition at the
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event in Beijing, winning the omnium. The first appearance for Harrison at the UCI World Track Championships came in
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, in which he won a bronze medal as part of the Team Pursuit. He was selected in the final after regular starter
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fell ill. Harrison also finished 11th in the omnium. Harrison was left out of the Team GB squad for the 2012 World Championships and
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after more experienced riders returned to the team. He won the under-23 title at the
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. 2013 saw Harrison return to the British squad for the World Championships, in which he formed part of the silver medal winning Team Pursuit team. Harrison signed for the team for the 2014 season. Harrison represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014. He was named as a member of the team for the 2016 season.


Major results

;2009 : 1st Team pursuit,
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: UEC European Junior Track Championships ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Madison : 2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales ;2010 :
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::2nd Omnium ::2nd Team pursuit :
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::2nd Madison ::3rd Individual pursuit : 2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales : 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2011 : 1st Omnium – Beijing,
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:
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::2nd Individual pursuit ::3rd Kilo : 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under–23 Track Championships : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships ;2012 : 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships :
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::1st Scratch race ::2nd Points race : 1st Team pursuit,
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;2014 : 2nd Team pursuit,
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;2016 : 3rd Omnium – Glasgow,
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Personal life

Harrison attended Coleg Gwent at Crosskeys. Six of Harrison's bicycles were stolen from his family home in June 2009. They were valued at approximately £12,000 and included a bright pink Planet-X team issue bike unavailable in the shops.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Sam 1992 births Living people Welsh male cyclists Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games People educated at Hurtwood House People from Risca Sportspeople from Caerphilly County Borough Sportspeople from Newport, Wales Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales