Martin Barras (born 23 February 1962 in

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) is a French-Canadian cycling coach who has coached British and Australian Olympic teams. Barras was employed as a track cycling coach at the

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from 1995 to 1998 where he coached

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. In 1999, he was appointed coach with

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's sprint cycling program and his athletes - won gold (

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) and silver medals (team sprint) at the

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. In 2001, he was appointed

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track sprint coach. He had a very successful

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with

winning two gold medals,

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one gold medal and one bronze medal and

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winning a bronze medal. After the being track sprint coach at the

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, where the Australian team won only one track medal, he transferred to Australia Institute of Sport /

women's road cycling program. He was women's road coach at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. In November 2017, he was appointed High Performance Director of

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. In 2002 and 2004, he was named Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barras, Martin 1962 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport coaches Olympic coaches for Australia Australian cycling coaches British cycling coaches