Charlie Tanfield
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.
Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World Championships team pursuit world champion and 2024 UEC European Track Championships and 2026 Commonwealth Games team pursuit champion.
Early life
Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire. He attended Stokesley School.
Career
He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal. 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, 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.
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.
He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.
On 30 July 2026, Tanfield was part of the England team pursuit lineup that won the gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, beating Australia in the final having lost to them previously in the 2024 Olympic Games final.
Personal life
His brother Harry Tanfield, who is two years older than him, is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.
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
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships - Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- UCI World Cup, Minsk
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Championships - 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta
- 2024
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- UCI Nations Cup
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2026
- 1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Elimination
- 1st
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.
- ↑ "TANFIELD Charlie". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Team GB settle for men's team pursuit silver after Australia claim thrilling victory". TNT Sports. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ Henry, Matthew (30 July 2026). "Vomit in the morning, gold in the afternoon for England's gamblers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlie Tanfield.
- Charlie Tanfield at UCI
- Charlie Tanfield at British Cycling
- Charlie Tanfield at Team GB
- Charlie Tanfield at Team England
- Charlie Tanfield at Olympedia
- Charlie Tanfield at InterSportStats
- Charlie Tanfield at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Charlie Tanfield on Instagram
| UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit | |
|---|---|
| 1990s |
|
| 2000s |
|
| 2010s |
|
| 2020s |
|
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds. | |
| |
Riders in italics rode in heats only |
