Jack Carlin

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Jack Carlin

| nickname = The Badger

| image = 2016 2017 UCI Track World Cup Apeldoorn 61.jpg

| caption = Carlin in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Milton Keynes, England

| height = 162cm

| weight = 175kg

| currentteam =

| discipline = Track

| role = Spider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}

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|Olympic Games|0|2|2

|World Championships|0|3|2

|European Games|0|0|1

|European Championships|0|4|2

|Commonwealth Games|0|2|1

}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|2022 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint}}

{{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}}

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Jack Carlin (born 23 April 1997){{cite web |title=Jack Carlin |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/athletes/jack-carlin/1b559f0b-0691-43aa-b243-90cd7e5b5315 |website=Birmingham2022.com |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited |access-date=3 August 2022}} is a Scottish track cyclist, specialising in sprint events. He has won four Olympic medals; two at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and two at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Cycling career

In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the European Track Championships in the team sprint.{{cite news |url=http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts6.pdf |title=European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |publisher=europeantrack2016.veloresults.com |date=1 October 2016 |accessdate=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510100408/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/mts6.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=120690 |title=Jack Carlin |publisher=Cycling Archives |accessdate=13 February 2017}}

In 2018 he won silver medals at the World Championships in both the sprint and team sprint. This was followed by silver in the sprint at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the European Championships in the keirin.

Carlin again achieved a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2020 World Championships. He then went on to become a double Olympic medallist at his debut Games in Tokyo, winning silver and bronze in the team sprint and sprint respectively.{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Jack Carlin wins bronze for Team GB in men's cycling sprint |url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12373955/tokyo-2020-olympics-jack-carlin-wins-bronze-for-team-gb-in-mens-cycling-sprint |website=Sky Sports |access-date=30 July 2022}}

At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales, he won three British titles (to add to his previous five) after winning the sprint, keirin and the team sprint.{{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}} Later that year, he won silver in the keirin and bronze in the sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Jack Carlin wins keirin silver |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62364288 }} The latter was awarded following the relegation of Matthew Glaetzer in the deciding race after he was adjudged to have deviated from his racing line and unduly interfered with Carlin's sprint.{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland clinch five cycling medals on day of drama |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62369552 |access-date=31 July 2022}}

On 24 June 2024, Carlin was named in the Great Britain squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c4nnd49w9rmo|title=Finucane and Pidcock headline Team GB cycling squad|date=24 June 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=6 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/team-gb-announces-first-riders-selected-for-paris-2024/3Nqeu1oOOyyOyiIq44I8T6#|title=Team GB announces first riders selected for Paris 2024|publisher=Team GB|accessdate=6 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-tom-pidcock-emma-finucane-and-ethan-hayter-among-first-gb-riders-selected-for-olympic-games-cycling-squad_sto20013001/story.shtml|title=PARIS 2024: TOM PIDCOCK, EMMA FINUCANE AND ETHAN HAYTER AMONG FIRST GB RIDERS SELECTED FOR OLYMPIC GAMES CYCLING SQUAD|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=6 August 2024}} At the Games in Paris, he won a silver medal with Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull in the team sprint, losing out in the final to the Netherlands, who set a new world record.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy544z7yqx5o|title=GB win men's team sprint silver|date=6 August 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=6 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling-track/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/mens-team-sprint-gold-silver-great-britain-netherlands_sto20026294/story.shtml|title=Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Team GB win silver in men's team sprint as Dutch storm to another gold|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=6 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/40749167/team-gb-clinch-silver-men-team-sprint|title=Olympics 2024: Team GB clinch silver in men's team sprint|date=6 August 2024 |publisher=ESPN|accessdate=6 August 2024}} He won a bronze medal in the sprint, having been beaten by eventual champion Harrie Lavreysen in the semi-finals and defeating Jeffrey Hoogland in the bronze medal final.{{Cite web |date=9 August 2024 |title=Men's Sprint Semifinals Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/cycling-track/men-s-sprint/sfnl-------- |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}{{Cite web |date=9 August 2024 |title=Men's Sprint Finals Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/cycling-track/men-s-sprint/fnl--------- |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}} In the keirin, Carlin won his semi-final and advanced to the final, where he was involved in a last lap crash with two other riders.{{Cite web |date=11 August 2024 |title=Men's keirin, semifinals results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/cycling-track/men-s-keirin/sfnl-------- |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}{{Cite web |date=11 August 2024 |title=Men's keirin, finals results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/cycling-track/men-s-keirin/fnl--------- |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}{{Cite web |last=McQuarrie |first=Alec |date=11 August 2024 |title=Paris 2024: Team GB's Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull crash out of keirin as Harrie Lavreysen lands golden hat-trick |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling-track/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-team-gbs-jack-carlin-and-hamish-turnbull-crash-out-of-keirin-as-harrie-lavreysen-lands-golden-hat-trick_sto20028409/story.shtml |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Eurosport.com}}

Major results

;2016

:Track Cycling World Cup

::1st 15px Team sprint, Round 1 (Glasgow)

::1st 15px Team sprint, Round 2 (Apeldoorn)

:European Track Championships

::2nd 15px Team sprint,

;2018

:UCI Track Cycling World Championships

::2nd 15px Team sprint

::2nd 15px Sprint

:Commonwealth Games

::2nd 15px Sprint

:European Track Championships

::3rd 15px Keirin

;2019

:European Track Championships

::2nd 15px Team sprint

;2020

:UCI Track Cycling World Championships

::2nd 15px Team sprint

;2021

:Olympic Games

::2nd 15px Team sprint

::3rd 15px Sprint

;2022

:Commonwealth Games

::2nd 15px Keirin

::3rd 15px Sprint

;2024

:Olympic Games

::2nd 15px Team sprint

::3rd 15px Sprint

References

External links

[https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Jack_Carlin Jack Carlin] at British Cycling
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{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60818}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jack-carlin_1912515 Jack Carlin] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish male cyclists

Category:British male cyclists

Category:British track cyclists

Category:Scottish track cyclists

Category:Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland

Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games