Matthew Thomas Walls MBE (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist,[4] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[5]
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| Full name | Matthew Walls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Wallsey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1998 Oldham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Groupama–FDJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2019 | 100% Me | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | EF Education First (stagiaire)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Trinity Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2023 | Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Groupama–FDJ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career edit
Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.[7]
Career achievements edit
Major results edit
Road edit
- 2016
- 1st
Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales - 2018
- Flèche du Sud
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour
- 2019
- 1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
- 10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2021
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
Track edit
- 2016
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 1st Madison (with Rhys Britton)
- 1st
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd
Points race - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock)
- 2017
- 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Ethan Hayter) - 1st Omnium
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st Elimination race, UEC European Championships
- 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 2019
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Madison (with Fred Wright)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2020
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Elimination race
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st
Omnium - 2nd
Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
- 1st
Honours and awards edit
Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.[8]
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ "EF Education First". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (24 August 2020). "Team News: BORA – Hansgrohe signs neo-pros Matt Walls". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Matthew Walls". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Matt Walls wins omnium gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: cyclists taken to hospital after crash involving crowd". The Guardian. 1 August 2022.
- ^ Mutch, James (2 September 2021). "Shaw cycling Olympic champion Matt Walls set to be given freedom of Oldham". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
External links edit
- Matthew Walls at UCI
- Matthew Walls at Cycling Archives
- Matthew Walls at ProCyclingStats
- Matthew Walls at Cycling Quotient
- Matthew Walls at CycleBase
- Matthew Walls at Olympics.com
- Matthew Walls at Olympedia
- Matthew Walls at Team GB
