Matt Walls

Matt Walls
MBE
Walls in 2019
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Walls
NicknameWallsey
Born (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 28)
Oldham, England
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamGroupama–FDJ United
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017–2019100% Me
2019EF Education First (stagiaire)
2020Trinity Racing
Professional teams
2021–2023Bora–Hansgrohe
2024–2025Groupama–FDJ
Major wins
Road

One day races and Classics

Gran Piemonte (2021)
Track
Olympic Games
Omnium (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoOmnium
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoMadison
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 BerlinOmnium
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 GlasgowElimination
Gold medal – first place2020 PlovdivOmnium
Gold medal – first place2020 PlovdivElimination
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 AiglePoints race
Bronze medal – third place2016 AigleTeam pursuit
U23 & Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 AigleJunior Madison
Gold medal – first place2016 AigleJunior Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 SangalhosUnder-23 Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place2018 AigleUnder-23 Scratch
Gold medal – first place2018 AigleUnder-23 Madison
Gold medal – first place2018 AigleUnder-23 Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 GhentUnder-23 Omnium
Gold medal – first place2019 GhentUnder-23 Madison

Matthew Thomas Walls (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ United.

Early life

Walls was raised in Oldham in Greater Manchester. He attended Crompton House Church of England Academy.

Career

Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.

Major results

Road

2016
1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
2018
Flèche du Sud
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
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 (2 pro wins)
1st Gran Piemonte
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
2024
2nd Circuit race, National Championships
2025
6th Tour de Vendée
9th Classique Dunkerque

Track

2016
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison (with Rhys Britton)
UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Points race
3rd Team pursuit
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
2018
1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2019
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Fred Wright)
1st Omnium
National Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Team pursuit
2020
UEC European Championships
1st Elimination
1st Omnium
3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2021
Olympic Games
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

Honours and awards

Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

References

  1. ↑ "EF Education First". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Hickmott, Larry (24 August 2020). "Team News: BORA – Hansgrohe signs neo-pros Matt Walls". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Walls". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "MBE for Oldham cycling hero Matt Walls". Oldham News. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Matt Walls wins omnium gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: cyclists taken to hospital after crash involving crowd". The Guardian. 1 August 2022.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
  11. ↑ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.