Jack Carlin (born 23 April 1997) is a Scottish
track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events and won two medals at the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Cycling career
In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the
European Track Championships
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in the
team sprint
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.
In 2018 he won silver medals at the
World Championships
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in both the
sprint and
team sprint
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. This was followed by silver in the
sprint at the
Commonwealth Games
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and bronze at the
European Championships in the
keirin
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.
Carlin again achieved a silver medal in the
team sprint
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at the
2020 World Championships. He then went on to become a double olympic medallist in
Tokyo
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, winning silver and bronze in the
team sprint
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and
sprint respectively.
At the
2022 British National Track Championships
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in Newport, Wales he won three more British titles (having previously won five) after winning the
sprint,
keirin
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and the
team sprint
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The current men's ...
. Later that year, he won silver in the
keirin
– literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling ...
and bronze in the
sprint at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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. The latter was awarded following the relegation of
Matthew Glaetzer in the deciding race after he was adjudged to have deviated from his racing line and unduly interfered with Carlin's sprint.
Major results
;2016
:
Track Cycling World Cup
::1st
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Team sprint, Round 1 (
Glasgow
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)
::1st
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Team sprint, Round 2 (
Apeldoorn
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)
:
European Track Championships
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::2nd
Team sprint
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,
;2018
:
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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::2nd
Team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
::2nd
Sprint
:
Commonwealth Games
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::2nd
Sprint
:
European Track Championships
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::3rd
Keirin
– literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling ...
;2019
:
European Track Championships
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::2nd
Team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
;2020
:
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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::2nd
Team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
;2021
:
Olympic Games
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::2nd
Team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome.
The current men's ...
::3rd
Sprint
;2022
:
Commonwealth Games
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::2nd
Keirin
– literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling ...
::3rd
Sprint
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1997 births
Living people
British male cyclists
British track cyclists
Scottish track cyclists
Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire
Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
European Games medalists in cycling
European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Scottish Olympic medallists