Mark Ian Jamieson (born 4 May 1984, in

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) is an Australian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. He started competing at the age of 10 in 1994, he first represented his country in the World Junior Track Championships in 2001. He was an

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scholarship holder. He had a successful track career, including a world championship in the team pursuit in 2006, and fourth in the Beijing Olympics as a member of the Australian Team Pursuit Squad On 15 February 2010 Jamieson appeared before the South Australian District Court on multiple child sex charges and pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl and one count of indecent assault with a girl aged under 16. The charges related to alleged conduct in Adelaide between November 2008 and January 2009. He received a

suspended sentence A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation. If the defendant does not break the law during that ...

for the offences. Jamieson received a two-year suspension from cycling as a result of the sentence. The suspension expired on 27 January 2011, and Jamieson returned to competitive cycling at the Melbourne Madison in March of that year. He joined the Jayco 2XU cycling team, and in October competed as part of the team in the

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, where he posted a strong performance, winning the first day of the six-day event. Later that month he competed in the Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic, which he won by breaking the previous record time set by Paul Curran. He changed direction in late 2011, pairing with vision-impaired cyclist Bryce Lindores. After Jamieson relocated to the

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to train, the two went on to compete at the UCI para-cycling road world cup. Although they did not win, their performance was sufficient to qualify for the paralympics, and in June 2012 it was announced that Jamieson would be piloting for Lindores at the 2012 London Paralympics.

Palmarès

;2002 :1st Pursuit, World Track Championships – Junior :2nd Team Pursuit, World Track Championships – Junior :2nd World Time Trial Championships – Junior :1st Stage 1 Keizer der Juniores Koksijde, Juniors, Handzame (BEL) :1st General Classification Keizer der Juniores Koksijde, Juniors (BEL) :1st Stage 2 Keizer der Juniores Koksijde, Juniors, Wulpen (BEL) ;2003 :2nd

Australian National Time Trial Championships The Australian National Time Trial Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event has been run concurrently with the Australian National Road Race Championships since 2002. The ...

– U23 :3rd Cape Town, Team Pursuit (RSA) :1st Pursuit,

Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...

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:1st Sydney, Pursuit (AUS) :3rd Sydney, Team Pursuit (AUS) :1st Launceston to Ross Classic (AUS) ;2004 :1st

– U23 ;2005 :1st

– U23 :1st Team Pursuit,

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:1st Pursuit,

:3rd Team Pursuit, World Track Championships, Los Angeles :2nd Moscow, Pursuit (RUS) :1st Moscow, Team Pursuit (RUS) ;2006 :2nd

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– U23 :1st Pursuit,

:1st Team Pursuit,

:2nd Team Pursuit,

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:1st Team Pursuit, World Track Championships,

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;2007 :1st Stage 7 Tour of the Murray River, Wentworth (AUS) :1st Stage 9 Tour of the Murray River, Ouyen (AUS) :2nd Pursuit, Oceania Cycling Championships,

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:1st Team Pursuit, Oceania Cycling Championships,

:3rd Sydney, Team Pursuit (AUS) ;2008 :1st Los Angeles, Team Pursuit (USA) :1st Pursuit,

:2nd Points Race,

:4th, Teams Pursuit,

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Notes

External links

Profile on Cycling Australia website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Mark 1984 births Living people Australian male cyclists Australian people convicted of indecent assault Australian people convicted of child sexual abuse Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Victoria (state) Australian Institute of Sport cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Australian track cyclists Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Cyclists from Melbourne People from Dandenong, Victoria Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games