Daniel Ellis (cyclist)

Daniel Ellis
To person
Date of birth	October 7, 1988
nation	Australia
discipline	train
Driver type	sprinter
End of career	2015
Most important successes
	UCI track world championships 2011 - team sprint Commonwealth Games 2011 - team sprint Oceania Championships 2007 - team sprint
	Last updated: March 13, 2020

Daniel Ellis (born October 7, 1988 in Albury ) is a former Australian track cyclist .

Athletic career

Daniel Ellis is a specialist in the short-term disciplines on the track, sprint , keirin and team sprint . Until 2006 he was able to win national junior titles and podium places in these disciplines several times. In 2006 he was also vice world champion of the juniors in the sprint and team sprint in Ghent . In 2007 he won the title of Oceania champion in the team sprint together with Ryan Bayley and Shane Kelly .

2010 Ellis was Australian champion in sprint and team sprint (with Alex Bird and Gary Ryan ), in the Keirin he finished second; he was also Oceania champion in the sprint. At the UCI Track World Championships 2010 in Ballerup , the Australian team finished 7th with Ellis, in the sprint he was 18th.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Daniel Ellis started in the team sprint; the team took fourth place. Two years later he won gold in the same discipline at the Commonwealth Games with Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland .

After Ellis was not nominated for the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he ended his cycling career in 2012 and began working as a postman . In 2013 he announced his comeback to qualify for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . He started at a run of the Track Cycling World Cup and at the UCI Track World Championships in 2014 . When he failed to qualify, he resigned for good in 2015.

successes

2005

Junior World Championship - Team Sprint (with Jeremy Hogg and Scott Sunderland )
Australian Junior Champion - Sprint

2006

Junior World Championship - Team Sprint (with Byron Davis and Scott Sunderland )
Junior World Championship - Sprint
Oceania Games - Team Sprint (with Jason Niblett and Mark French )
Australian Junior Champion - Keirin

2007

Oceania Champion - Team Sprint (with Ryan Bayley and Shane Kelly )
Oceania Championship - Sprint
World Cup in Sydney - Team Sprint (with Ryan Bayley and Shane Kelly )

2008

World Cup in Melbourne - Team Sprint (with Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland )

2010

Australian Champion - Sprint, Team Sprint (with Alex Bird and Gary Ryan )
Commonwealth Games Winner - Team Sprint (with Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland )

2011

World Championship - Team Sprint (with Matthew Glaetzer and Jason Niblett )
Oceania Championship - Team Sprint (with Peter Lewis and Jason Niblett )

Teams

Web links

Daniel Ellis in the Radsportseiten.net database

Daniel Ellis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Chris Dutton: Nathan Hart and Daniel Ellis in Canberra battle for cycling Commonwealth Games spot. In: smh.com.au. June 9, 2014, accessed March 13, 2020 .
↑ Reece Homfray: The Coffee Ride # 66, with Reece Homfray: Ellis retires - This time for good. In: adelaidenow.com.au. March 15, 2015, accessed on March 13, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ellis, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Albury

[com-060923-1] Chris Dutton: Nathan Hart and Daniel Ellis in Canberra battle for cycling Commonwealth Games spot. In: smh.com.au. June 9, 2014, accessed March 13, 2020 .

[com-505724-2] Reece Homfray: The Coffee Ride # 66, with Reece Homfray: Ellis retires - This time for good. In: adelaidenow.com.au. March 15, 2015, accessed on March 13, 2020 .