Paul Manning (cyclist)

Paul Manning (cyclist)
Paul Christian Manning, (born 6 November 1974, Sutton Coldfield) is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008. He is strong in the Individual and Team Pursuit disciplines on track and has won many medals for Britain in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Track World Championships and Track World Cups.
He was the British national individual pursuit champion in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was also the national points race champion in 2005.
On 17 August 2008, Manning was a member of the Olympic team pursuit squad which broke the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold. The following day, on their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit broke their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds.
After the Olympics he announced his retirement from professional cycling. Manning was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.
In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.
After his retirement Manning joined the GB Cycling Team coaching staff as women's endurance coach; since then the women's endurance team has broken the Team Pursuit world record six times, once in winning the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Manning won the ‘High Performance Coach of the Year Award’ at the 2012 UK Coaching Awards.
He studied Earth Sciences at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1996.
Palmares
Olympics
2000 Sydney
3rd, Team Pursuit (bronze medal)
2004 Athens
2nd, Team Pursuit (silver medal)
2008 Beijing
1st, Team Pursuit (gold medal)
World Championships
2000 Manchester
2nd, Team Pursuit
2001 Belgium
2nd, Team Pursuit
2003 Stuttgart
2nd, Team Pursuit
4th, Individual Pursuit
2004 Melbourne
2nd, Team Pursuit
2005 Los Angeles
1st, Team Pursuit
2006 Bordeaux
2nd, Team Pursuit
3rd, Individual Pursuit
2007 Palma de Mallorca
1st, Team Pursuit
2008 Manchester
1st, Team Pursuit
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester
2nd, Team Pursuit
3rd, Individual Pursuit
2006 Melbourne
1st, Individual Pursuit
1st, Team Pursuit
9th, Men's Road Time Trial
UCI Track World Cup
2002 Mexico
1st, Individual Pursuit
2003 South Africa
2nd, Team Pursuit
2003 Mexico
2nd, Team Pursuit
3rd, Individual Pursuit
2004 Sydney
1st, Individual Pursuit
1st, Team Pursuit
2004 Manchester
3rd, Individual Pursuit
1st, Team Pursuit
2005/6 Manchester
1st, Team Pursuit
1st, Individual Pursuit
2006 Moscow
1st, Team Pursuit
3rd, Individual Pursuit
British Championships
2001
1st, Individual Pursuit
2003
1st, Individual Pursuit
2004
1st, Individual Pursuit
1st, Team Pursuit
2005
1st, Points Race
1st, Individual Pursuit
Other results
1996
Duo Normand (with Chris Boardman)
2001
FBD Milk Ras
2002
FBD Milk Ras stage 6
2003
Herald Sun Tour stage 8
2007
Tour of Britain stage 6
References
External links
Paul Manning Bio on Britishcycling.com
Paul Manning interviewed by students
1974 births
Living people
English male cyclists
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
English Olympic medallists
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Members of the Order of the British Empire
People from Burntwood
Olympic medalists in cycling
English cycling coaches
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
English track cyclists
Rás Tailteann winners
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games