Sam Harrison

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Sam Harrison Road cycling
Sam Harrison (2016)
Sam Harrison (2016)
To person
Full name Samuel James Harrison
Date of birth June 24, 1992
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline Train / street
Driver type Bahn: perseverance
To the team
Current team Team Wiggins Le Col
function driver
End of career 2017
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2013 silver - team pursuit
Last updated: August 18, 2018

Samuel "Sam" James Harrison (born June 24, 1992 in Crosskeys ) is a former Welsh cyclist who was primarily successful on the track .

Athletic career

Sam Harrison began cycling at the age of 13. In 2008, at the age of 16, he was accepted into the British "Olympic Development Program" after he had become British junior runner-up in the cyclo-cross race that same year . In 2010, he and Dan McLay became British junior runner-up in two-man team driving and junior runner-up world champion in the Omnium and in the team pursuit . He also took seventh place in the Pavé de Roubaix , the Paris – Roubaix youth competition.

At the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn , Harrison won bronze with the British track four ( Ed Clancy , Peter Kennaugh and Andrew Tennant ). At the European Junior Championships, he finished second with a fourth, and at national level he was third in the elite in the 1000 meter time trial . In 2013 Sam Harrison became vice world champion in the team pursuit in Minsk , together with Steven Burke , Ed Clancy and Andrew Tennant. In 2017 he ended his cycling career.

successes

train

2009
2010
  • silver World Championship - Team Pursuit (Juniors)
  • silver World Championship - Omnium (Juniors)
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom British Champion - Single Pursuit (Juniors)
2011
2012
2013

Street

2012
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom British Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
2013
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom British Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)

Teams

Web links

Commons : Samuel Harrison  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A minute with Sam Harrison on cyclingweekly.co.uk v. 13 February 2008 (Engl.)
personal data
SURNAME Harrison, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrison, Samuel James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Crosskeys