Jonathan Wale

Jonathan Wale
	Jonathan Wale (2018)
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Date of birth	June 15, 1991
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	train
	Last updated: September 23, 2019

Jonathan Wale (born June 15, 1991 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish cyclist who competes in races on the track .

Athletic career

Jonathan Wale started for the independent team KGF that had formed around Harry and Charlie Tanfield . In 2017 he became the British team pursuit champion with Charlie Tanfield, Jacob Tipper and Daniel Bigham . The success came as a surprise as the athletes were not part of British Cycling's Olympic track program.

In 2018 Wale took part in the Commonwealth Games in Australia and finished fifth in the 1000-meter time trial . In the same year he won two races in the team pursuit at track cycling world cups . In 2019 he was once again British champion in the team pursuit with John Archibald , Charlie Tanfield and Daniel Bigham.

Professional

Jonathan Wale studies psychology at Loughborough University (as of 2018). He himself suffers from bipolar disorder . The Edinburgh Evenings News described him as "maverick's maverick" ("loner of the loner").

successes

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2017

British Champions - Team Pursuit (with Charlie Tanfield , Jacob Tipper and Daniel Bigham )

2018

Track World Cup in Minsk - team pursuit (with Daniel Bigham , Charlie Tanfield and Harry Tanfield )

Track World Cup in London - Team Pursuit (with Daniel Bigham , John Archibald and Ashton Lambie )

2019

British Champions - Team Pursuit (with John Archibald , Charlie Tanfield and Daniel Bigham )

2020

British champion - 1000 meter time trial

Teams

2019 Ribble Pro Cycling

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Wale - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Jonathan Wale in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Jonathan Wale. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, April 15, 2018, accessed September 23, 2019 .

Individual evidence

^ William Fotheringham: Meet Team KGF - the amateur cyclists out to make it big by taking on the world. In: theguardian.com. February 21, 2018, accessed March 11, 2018 .
↑ Andrew Smith: Jonathan Wale wants at least silver - but he'll only do it his way. In: edinburghnews.scotsman.com. March 31, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Whales, jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edinburgh

[guard-1] William Fotheringham: Meet Team KGF - the amateur cyclists out to make it big by taking on the world. In: theguardian.com. February 21, 2018, accessed March 11, 2018 .

[scotsman-716020-2] Andrew Smith: Jonathan Wale wants at least silver - but he'll only do it his way. In: edinburghnews.scotsman.com. March 31, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2019 .