Darren Matthews (cyclist)

Darren Matthews

To person
Date of birth	January 17, 1991
nation	Barbados
discipline	Road / train
End of career	2016
doping
2016-2020	Anabolic steroids
Most important successes
Pan American Championships 2012 - Scratch
Last updated: May 5, 2019

Darren Matthews (born January 17, 1991 in Bridgetown ) is a former Barbadian cyclist who was active on the road and track .

Athletic career

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games , Darren Matthews finished 32nd in the road race and became national champion in the individual time trial . The following year he became a two-time Barbadian street champion. In 2012, Matthews won the bronze medal in scratch on the track at the Pan American championships . At the Caribbean championships, he finished fourth in the road race . He also won the Tobago Cycling Classic in 2012 . In 2015 he was again Barbadian road champion.

doping

After Matthews was found to be anabolic steroids and other doping substances in two doping tests in 2015 , he was banned from the National Anti-Doping Commission for four years in early 2016.

successes

Street

2010

• Barbadian master - individual time trial

2011

• Barbadian master - street race

2012

• Tobago Cycling Classic

2015

• Barbadian master - street race

train

2012

• Pan American Championship - Scratch

Teams

• 2013 Start-Trigon Cycling Team

Web links

• Darren Matthews in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Darren Matthews in the ProCyclingStats.com database