Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy
Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021.
During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at the Summer Olympic Games, twelve medals (six gold, five silver and one bronze) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, seven medals (five gold, two bronze) at the UEC European Track Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also was part of eight world record times in the team pursuit, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours, and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
Career
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. 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.
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.
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 the for the 2019 season, after the team which he had been part of for eight years confirmed that it would be disbanding at the end of the year.
In August 2021, during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Clancy announced his retirement. His final competition was the 2021 UCI Track Champions League, which concluded in December of that year with a double header at the Lee Valley VeloPark.
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.
Personal life
He lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
Career achievements
Major results
Road
2005
4th Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stage 1
2006
10th Overall Tour de Berlin
2007
2nd National Criterium Championships
2009
1st Eddy Soens Memorial Road Race
1st Southport, Tour Series
2010
1st National Criterium Championships
2011
1st Aberystwyth, Tour Series
1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea
2012
1st Peterborough, Tour Series
2013
Tour Series
1st Aberystwyth
1st Torquay
1st Woking
2015
Tour Series
1st Aberystwyth
1st Peterborough
1st London Nocturne
3rd Milk Race
2018
1st London Nocturne
1st Prologue Herald Sun Tour
Track
2004
National Championships
2nd Madison (with Mark Cavendish)
2nd Team pursuit
2005
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
2006
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Team pursuit, Moscow
3rd Team pursuit, Sydney
2007
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Team pursuit, Manchester
1st Team pursuit, Sydney
1st Team pursuit, Beijing
National Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Kilo
2008
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Team pursuit, Copenhagen
1st Individual pursuit, Manchester
1st Team pursuit, Manchester
2009
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Team pursuit, Copenhagen
1st Team pursuit, Manchester
2nd Team pursuit, Melbourne
2nd Kilo, National Championships
2010
UCI World Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Omnium, Cali
3rd Omnium, Melbourne
3rd Team pursuit, Melbourne
2011
UEC European Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2012
Olympic Games
1st Team pursuit
3rd Omnium
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup
2nd Team pursuit, London
2nd Team sprint, Glasgow
2013
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
2nd Kilo
2nd Scratch
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2014
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2015
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2016
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester
2018
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup
2nd Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
3rd Team pursuit, Milton
2019
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
World records
See also
2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes
References
External links
Motorpoint Pro-Cycling 2010
Ed Clancy Rider Profile – Cycling Weekly
Team halfords bikehut Ed Clancy's 09 team
1985 births
Living people
British male cyclists
English male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Sportspeople from Barnsley
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
English Olympic medallists
Olympic medalists in cycling
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Yorkshire
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
English track cyclists
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games