Ed Clancy
Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer from England, who last rode for British amateur team Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy team. On the track his specialist discipline is the team pursuit, in which he won three consecutive Olympic titles (in 2008, 2012 and 2016). In the London 2012 Olympics, he also participated in the Omnium, claiming a bronze medal. In total, Clancy is a five-time world champion (in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2018) and four-time European champion (in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) in the  team pursuit; he has also won World (2010) and European (2011) titles in the omnium. On the road, he won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. Career. Clancy has featured in a number of world record team pursuits. 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. Clancy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling. 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 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 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 on home ground in London. Personal life. He lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. He previously dated GP Dr Gemma Eyres.