:Rhys Britton
{{short description|British road and track cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Rhys Britton
| image = 2021 UEC Track Jun & U23 European Championships 398.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Britton at the European championships 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pontypridd, Wales
| height = 1.72 m
| weight = 69 kg
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|Saint Piran}}
| discipline = {{ubl|Track|Road}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 = 2018
| amateurteam1 = 100% Me
| amateuryears2 = 2019
| amateurteam2 = Wales Racing Academy
| amateuryears3 = 2019–2020
| amateurteam3 = Team Inspired
| amateuryears4 = 2021
| amateurteam4 = GB Cycling Senior Academy
| amateuryears5 = 2024
| amateurteam5 = Uskis Saint Piran Development Team
| proyears1 = 2022
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|EVO|2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.evoproracing.com/our-team |title=Our Team |publisher={{UCI team code|EVO|2022}} | work=evoproracing.com | accessdate=21 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=201761 |title=Rhys Britton |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=6 July 2018}}
| proyears2 = 2023
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Saint Piran|2023}}
| proyears3 = 2024–
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Saint Piran|2024}}
| majorwins =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Ballerup|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Roubaix|Scratch}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Heusden-Zolder|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Grenchen|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Munich|Team pursuit}}
}}
Rhys Britton (born 13 May 1999) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|Saint Piran}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.de/radsport/rhys-britton_prs544716/person.shtml |title=Rhys Britton |work=Eurosport |access-date=4 November 2021}}
Career
He represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the men's road race.and was 4th in the team pursuit {{cite web |title=Rhys Britton |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-road/athlete-profile-n6028384-rhys-britton.htm |website=Gold Coast 2018 – XXI Commonwealth Games |accessdate=10 August 2018}}
Britton became a five times British champion after winning the Points Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and 2020 British National Track Championships and the Scratch Championship in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/2020/2020_National_Track_Championships_-_Results_Book.pdf |title=Results |website=British Cycling}} He had previously won both the team pursuit title and Madison title. At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the team pursuit title.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/256228/2022-National-Track-Championships |title=2022 National Track Championships |website=British Cycling |access-date=29 March 2022}}
Britton is able to represent the Isle of Man due to his mother being Manx
Major results
=Road=
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;2017
: 1st 20px Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
: 7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
::1st Stage 3
: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores
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=Track=
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;2016
: 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Matt Walls)
;2017
: 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Madison, National Junior Championships (with Jake Stewart)
: UEC European Junior Championships
::2nd 15px Team pursuit
::3rd 15px Individual pursuit
::3rd 15px Madison (with Jake Stewart)
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
;2018
::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Team pursuit
::2nd Madison (with Ethan Vernon)
::2nd Points race
::2nd Scratch
;2019
::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Madison (with Fred Wright)
::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Points race
::2nd Team pursuit
::3rd Omnium
;2020
::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Points race
::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Scratch
::2nd Team pursuit
;2021
: UEC European Under-23 Championships
::1st {{cjersey|europe}} Madison (with Will Tidball)
::2nd 15px Team pursuit
::2nd Scratch, Panevėžys
::3rd Scratch, Mallorca
: 3rd 15px Scratch, UCI World Championships
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
;2022
: 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Team pursuit, National Championships
::1st Scratch, Milton
::2nd Madison, Milton (with Ethan Hayter)
::2nd Team pursuit, Glasgow
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
;2023
: 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Omnium, National Championships
: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
;2024
: 1st Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide
: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
;2025
: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{sports links|maxlink=10}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|cycling-track/athlete-profile-n6028384-rhys-britton}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60173}}
- [https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Rhys_Britton Rhys Britton] at British Cycling
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Category:British male cyclists
Category:British track cyclists
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games