Jason Queally

Jason Queally
To person
Date of birth	May 11, 1970
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Train , road
End of career	2012
Most important successes
	Olympic games Olympic champion 1000 m single pursuit 2000 World championships World Champion Team Sprint 2005 (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean ) European championships European Team Pursuit Champion 2010 (with Steven Burke , Ed Clancy and Andrew Tennant )
	Last updated: October 8, 2017

Jason Queally (born May 11, 1970 in Chorley ) is a former British cyclist who achieved his greatest successes as a track cyclist . In 2000 he became Olympic champion in the 1000 meter time trial .

Athletic career

Jason Queally is a specialist in the short-term disciplines of track sprint , team sprint and the 1000 meter time trial . Queally didn't start racing until he was 25; during his student days he had played water polo for Lancaster University . 1995 survived Queally a serious accident when in a fall on a velodrome penetrated wooden a long splinter through the elbow in his chest. In 1999 Quelly was runner-up in the team sprint with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean .

In 2000 Queally took part in the Summer Games in Sydney , where he won the silver medal in a team sprint with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean . In the 1000-meter time trial he won the gold medal with a time of 1: 01.609 minutes, which was an Olympic record. At the World Championships in the same year Queally was again second in the team sprint with Hoy and MacLean, in the time trial he was third. In 2001 he was at the World Championships with the British team (Hoy, MacLean) third in the team sprint.

Although Queally was the reigning Olympic champion, he failed to qualify for the 1000-meter time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ; he was defeated in the national qualification to the later Olympic champion Chris Hoy. Queally was used in the team sprint, but the team lost in the run for the bronze medal. In 2005 Queally was world champion in the team sprint with the British team (with Hoy and Jamie Staff ) and again vice world champion in the 1000-meter time trial. In 2010 he became European champion in team pursuit , together with Steven Burke , Ed Clancy and Andrew Tennant , an unusual achievement for a sprinter.

After Queally failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games , he worked as a tandem pilot for the visually impaired athlete Anthony Kappes until 2010 . He tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.