Charlie Tanfield

Charlie Tanfield
	Tanfield in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Charles Tanfield
Born	17 November 1996 (age 27); Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current team	Saint Piran
Disciplines	Road; track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Pursuitist (track)
Amateur teams
2015	Easton Ritte Road Racing
2016	Planet X–Northside
2017	Brother NRG DriverPlan
2017	Bike Channel–Canyon (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018–2021	Canyon Eisberg
2022	Ribble Weldtite
2023–	Saint Piran
Major wins
	Track Team pursuit, World Championships (2018)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran and the Great Britain national track cycling team.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the silver medal in the Team pursuit. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the team pursuit.^[5]

Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World Championships team pursuit world champion and 2024 UEC European Track Championships team pursuit champion.

Early life

Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.^[6] He attended Stokesley School.^[7]

Career

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal.^[8]^[9] Tanfield won silver in the team pursuit and gold in the individual pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he set of time of 4:11.455,^[10] the third fastest individual pursuit time in history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[11]

Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships bringing his total to five at the time. He won the individual pursuit for the second time and the team pursuit for the third time.^[12]

He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.

Personal life

His brother Harry Tanfield is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.^[13] They were both born on the same day two years apart.

Major results

Road

2017: 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships; 5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield)
2018: 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships; 8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
2021: 1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series
2023: 4th Time trial, National Championships

Track

2017

National Championships

1st

Team pursuit

2nd Individual pursuit

2018

1st

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

Commonwealth Games

1st

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

UCI World Cup, Minsk

1st Individual pursuit

1st Team pursuit

National Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

2nd Team pursuit

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2019

1st

Team pursuit, National Championships

2nd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2021

3rd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2022

UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships

3rd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2023

National Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

1st

Team pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta

2024

UEC European Championships

1st

Team pursuit

2nd

Individual pursuit

UCI Nations Cup

1st Team pursuit, Adelaide

1st Team pursuit, Milton

2nd

Team pursuit, Olympic Games

2nd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References

^ "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
^ "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^ "Ribble Weldtite". Ribble Weldtite. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ "Charlie TANFIELD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ Rogers, Owen (28 October 2018). "The Tanfield Factor: Harry and Charlie discuss fame, family and the future". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Start list". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold". Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event". Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via TVNZ.

External links

Charlie Tanfield at British Cycling
Charlie Tanfield at UCI
Charlie Tanfield at Cycling Archives
Charlie Tanfield at ProCyclingStats
Charlie Tanfield at Cycling Quotient
Charlie Tanfield at Olympics.com
Charlie Tanfield at Olympedia
Charlie Tanfield at Team GB
Charlie Tanfield at Team England
Charlie Tanfield at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Charlie Tanfield at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Charlie Tanfield at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

[1] "Great Ayton's Charlie Tanfield takes Commonwealth gold". Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[2] "Cycling Track – Athlete Profile: Charlie TANFIELD – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[3] "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

[4] "Ribble Weldtite". Ribble Weldtite. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[5] "Charlie TANFIELD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[6] Rogers, Owen (28 October 2018). "The Tanfield Factor: Harry and Charlie discuss fame, family and the future". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[7] "School which produced medal winning Tanfield brothers gets £500k". Teesside Live. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[8] "Start list". Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[BBC-9] "Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver". BBC Sport. March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[10] "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Tanfield breaks record in individual pursuit qualifying". The Northern Echo. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[11] "Men's 4000m Team Pursuit - Finals - Gold". Birmingham 2022 Detailed Results. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[12] "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[13] "Day 6 recap: Kiwi cyclist Linda Villumsen wins silver in women's time trial as Hamish Bond grabs bronze in the men's event". Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via TVNZ.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit
Summary
2010: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Queally, Tennant) 2011: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Kennaugh, Tennant) 2012: Russia : (Ershov, Markov, Serov, Kaykov) 2013: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2014: Great Britain : (Dibben, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2015: Great Britain : (Dibben, Wiggins, Doull, Tennant, Burke, Gibson ) 2016: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Chavanel, Thomas) 2017: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Pijourlet) 2018: Italy : (Viviani, Bertazzo, Ganna, Lamon) 2019: Denmark : (LN Hansen, Pedersen, Madsen, Johansen) 2020: Russia : (Dubchenko, Gonov, Bersenev, Evtushenko) 2021: Denmark : (Malmberg, Pedersen, T Hansen, Bévort) 2022: France : (Denis, Lafargue, Tabellion, Thomas, Boudat) 2023: Italy : (Ganna, Lamon), Milan, Moro, Consonni) 2024: Great Britain : (Bigham, Hayter, C Tanfield, Vernon, Wood)
Riders in italics rode in heats only