Martyn Irvine

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Martyn Irvine Road cycling
Martyn Irvine (2019)
Martyn Irvine (2019)
To person
Date of birth June 6, 1985
nation IrelandIreland Ireland
discipline Road / rail (endurance)
End of career 2017
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2013 World Champion - Scratch
Team (s) as sporting director
2018 Aqua Blue Sport
Team (s) as coach
2019 - Irish national team
Last updated: October 24, 2019

Martyn Irvine (born June 6, 1985 in Newtownards ) is a retired Irish track and road cyclist from Northern Ireland. Since 2018 he has been active as a sports director and trainer.

Athletic career

Irvine won a stage at Ras Connachta in 2006 and was third overall. From August he drove for the Irish Sean Kelly team . The following year he won a stage in the Tour of Ulster and finished on podiums in the Irish U23 championship. In the 2008 season Irvine drove for the Continental Team Pezula Racing , for which he won the first stage at the Portaferry 3 Days . The following season he was first overall at the Irish Sea Tour of the North and won a section each at the Tour of Ulster and at the Suir Valley 3 Days . He was also Irish runner-up in the individual time trial in 2009 , and at the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali he finished sixth in the team pursuit with the Irish national team .

At the 2012 Olympics in London , Irvine started in the Omnium and finished 13th. At the UCI Track World Championships in Minsk in 2013 , he won the silver medal in the single pursuit and was world champion in scratch . Both races took place on the same day within a short period of time; After the single pursuit, Irvine only had time for the award ceremony, then he changed his bike and started 20 minutes later in the Scratch. He is the first male athlete from Ireland in 116 years to win medals in track cycling.

At the beginning of 2016, Martyn Irvine announced his retirement from international competitive cycling after failing to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . He had to fight for his form last year and his thoughts were no longer on the point.

In October 2016, it was announced that Irvine was returning to cycling after receiving an offer to join the new Irish cycling team, Aqua Blue Sport, on a two-year contract. After suffering health problems in 2017, he finally ended his active career at the end of the season and switched to the sporting direction of Aqua Blue Sport . The team ceased operations at the end of the 2018 season due to financial problems.

Professional

Since the end of his active career, Martyn Irvine has worked as a coach, including in the team of the Irish national team.

Honors

In 2013, Irvine was named Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year .

Successes - rail

2010
2011
  • IrelandIreland Irish Champion - 1000m Time Trial
  • IrelandIreland Irish Master - one's pursuit
  • IrelandIreland Irish Master - Scratch
2013
2014
2015
  • IrelandIreland Irish Master - one's pursuit

Successes - road

2010
  • IrelandIreland Irish Master - Criterion
2011
2015

Teams

Web links

Commons : Martyn Irvine  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Northern Ireland cyclists participating in UCI races start for the Irish Cycling Federation .
  2. ↑ Martyn Irvine makes history by winning gold and silver at the World Championships on independent.ie v. February 21, 2013 (English) The last and so far only medal winner from Ireland was Harry Reynolds , who won the gold medal in the sprint of the amateurs at the 1896 Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen . The following year he finished third at the World Track Cycling Championships in Glasgow in 1897 .
  3. ^ Irvine announces retirement from cycling. In: Cycling News. January 5, 2016, accessed January 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Ryan Bailey: 'Three years ago I was world champion and now I'm sitting at home unemployed'. In: the42.ie. February 21, 2016, accessed February 21, 2016 .
  5. ^ Shane Stokes: Martyn Irvine 'lucky to be involved' with the new Irish team. In: irishtimes.com. October 3, 2016, accessed October 13, 2016 .
  6. ^ Shane Stokes: Martyn Irvine confirms second retirement from cycling. In: irishtimes.com. October 31, 2017, accessed December 27, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Sadhbh O'Shea: Back to school for Irvine as he begins life as a directeur sportif. In: Cycling News. February 16, 2018, accessed February 16, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Ireland's first professional cycling team to cease operations at the end of the season. In: the42.ie. August 27, 2018, accessed January 31, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Cycling Ireland - Staff Members. In: cyclingireland.ie. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
  10. ^ Martyn Irvine - NI Sports Personality of the Year. Cycling Ireland, December 20, 2013, accessed January 5, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Irvine, Martyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish track and road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Newtownards