Joseph Truman (born 14 February 1997) is a British male

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, representing Great Britain at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the

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in the team sprint. At the

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, Truman won Silver in the team sprint event alongside Ryan Owens and

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. Truman participated in two seasons (2018/19 and 2019/20) of the ‘JKA’ Japanese Keirin racing series, a hugely popular, multi million dollar gambling sport. A BBC documentary, ‘The Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing: with Sir Chris Hoy’ aired detailing the sport and following Truman’s experiences while competing Japan. Truman is multiple British champion, including winning the Keirin Championship at the

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. He had finished second in 2019. At the

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in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the team sprint. He also won two silver medals at the same Championships. Truman won Silver at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Team Sprint. His Commonwealth Games ended early after a crash in the Keirin on day two of competition

Truman holds the sea-level List of British records in track cycling, British record for the Kilometre Time Trial with a time of 59.564 seconds having stood since 2004.

Major results

;2016 : Track Cycling World Cup ::1st gold medal blank

Team sprint, Round 1 (

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) ::1st

Team sprint, Round 2 ( Apeldoorn) : 2nd silver medal blank

Team sprint,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Truman, Joseph 1997 births Living people British male cyclists British track cyclists Sportspeople from Portsmouth Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in cycling European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England 21st-century British people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games