Graham Sharman

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Graham Sharman Road cycling
To person
Date of birth 18th November 1971
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
discipline Street / BMX
End of career 2017
doping
2001-2003 testosterone
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
1998 silver - team sprint
Last updated: October 7, 2017

Graham Sharman (born November 18, 1971 in Bristol , United Kingdom ) is a former Australian track cyclist and current coach.

Graham Sharman started cycling at the age of twelve, initially with BMX racing. Later he turned to track cycling. At the UCI Track World Championships in 1998 in Bordeaux , Graham Sharman was runner-up in the team sprint , together with Danny Day and Shane Kelly . Several times he also achieved podium places in races of the Track Cycling World Cup and was four times Australian champion.

Sharman was born in England, grew up in Hong Kong and later moved to Perth . From 1995 to 2005 he was married to cycling world champion Lucy Tyler-Sharman , whom he also trained. In 2001 he tested positive for testosterone and was banned for two years for doping . He went back to England where he worked as a coach.

successes

1995
  • MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian champion - sprint
1996
1997
1998

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ralf Meutgens (ed.): Doping in cycling. Delius Klasing, Kiel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6 , p. 276.