# Charlie Tanfield

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.
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.

## Early life

Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire. He attended Stokesley School.

## Career

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal. Tanfield won silver in the team pursuit and gold in the individual pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he set of time of 4:11.455, the third fastest individual pursuit time in history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships bringing his total to five at the time. He won the individual pursuit for the second time and the team pursuit for the third time.
He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.

## Personal life

His brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial. They were both born on the same day two years apart.

## Major results
### Road
#### 2017

    3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)

#### 2018

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games

#### 2021

    1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series

#### 2023

    4th Time trial, National Championships

### Track
#### 2017

    National Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Individual pursuit

#### 2018

    1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    Commonwealth Games
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Team pursuit
    UCI World Cup, Minsk
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Team pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Team pursuit
    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

#### 2019

    1st Team pursuit, National Championships
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

#### 2021

    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

#### 2022

    UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
       2nd Team pursuit
       3rd Individual pursuit
    2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
    2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

#### 2023

    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Team pursuit
    2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta

#### 2024

    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Individual pursuit
    UCI Nations Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Adelaide
       1st Team pursuit, Milton
    2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships