Ed Clancy
OBE

Clancy in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Edward Franklin Clancy
Born	(1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (age 40)[1] Barnsley,South Yorkshire, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Team information
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur teams
2005–2006	Sparkasse
2006	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago(stagiaire)
2020–2021	Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy[2]
Professional teams
2007–2008	Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2009	Team Halfords[3]
2010	Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta
2011–2018	Rapha Condor–Sharp
2019	Vitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK
Major wins
Track Olympic Games Team pursuit (2008,2012,2016) World Championships Team pursuit (2005,2007,2008,2012,2018) Omnium (2010)
Medal record Men'strack cycling Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team pursuit 2012 London Team pursuit 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit 2012 London Omnium World Championships 2005 Los Angeles Team pursuit 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team pursuit 2008 Manchester Team pursuit 2010 Ballerup Omnium 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2010 Ballerup Team pursuit 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit 2016 London Team pursuit 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit European Championships 2010 Pruszków Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium 2013 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2014 Guadeloupe Team pursuit 2014 Guadeloupe Scratch 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit Representing England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit

Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professionaltrack androad bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021.

During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at theSummer Olympic Games, twelve medals (six gold, five silver and one bronze) at theUCI Track Cycling World Championships, seven medals (five gold, two bronze) at theUEC European Track Championships, as well as a silver medal at the2014 Commonwealth Games. He also was part of eight world record times in theteam pursuit, and was appointed a Member of theOrder of the British Empire (MBE) in the2009 New Year Honours,^[4] and an Officer of theOrder of the British Empire (OBE) in the2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.^[5]

On 17 August 2008, Clancy was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with 3:55.202, beating Russia to the ride-off for silver and gold.^[6] The next day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British team broke their own world record in 3:53.314, beating Denmark by 6.7 seconds.^[7]

On 4 April 2012, Clancy was part of the Great Britain team which set a new world record of 3:53.295 in winning the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne.^[8]

After the 2012 Olympic Games, where he set a time of 1:00.981 in the Omnium Kilo Time Trial, British Cycling announced that Clancy would replace Sir Chris Hoy in the Great Britain team for the team sprint event, where he rode in the Man 3 position. Despite finishing 2nd in the Glasgow round of the World Cup, Clancy returned to the endurance team for the 2013 World Championships.

In November 2018, it was announced that Clancy would join theVitus Pro Cycling Team p/b Brother UK for the 2019 season, after theJLT–Condor team which he had been part of for eight years confirmed that it would be disbanding at the end of the year.^[9]

In August 2021, during the delayed2020 Summer Olympics, Clancy announced his retirement.^[10] His final competition was the2021 UCI Track Champions League, which concluded in December of that year with a double header at theLee Valley VeloPark.^[11]

In February 2023 Clancy was announced as the new active travel commissioner for South Yorkshire, following Dame Sarah Storey and working for South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard.^[12]

He lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.^{[citation needed]}

• 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes

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• "Rapha Condor JLT Rider Profile". Archived fromthe original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved7 March 2013.
• Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010
• "Ed Clancy Bio on Britishcycling.com". Archived fromthe original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved4 February 2007.
• Ed ClancyArchived 11 December 2008 at theWayback MachineRider Profile – Cycling Weekly
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