Charlie Tanfield

Charlie Tanfield
Tanfield in 2021
Personal information
Full nameCharles Tanfield
Born (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 27)
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England [1]
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current teamSaint Piran
Disciplines
  • Road
  • track
RoleRider
Rider typePursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2015Easton Ritte Road Racing
2016Planet X–Northside
2017Brother NRG DriverPlan
2017Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018–2021Canyon Eisberg[3]
2022Ribble Weldtite[4]
2023–Saint Piran
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, World Championships (2018)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit

Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track cycling team.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the silver medal in the Team pursuit. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the team pursuit.[5]

Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World Championships team pursuit world champion and 2024 UEC European Track Championships team pursuit champion.

  1. ^ "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Ribble Weldtite". Ribble Weldtite. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Charlie TANFIELD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.