Matthew Rotherham (born 1994) is a British male

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. Following a career as an elite abled bodied cyclist, he transferred to Paralympic track cycling as a sighted pilot in the visually impaired (B) classification. In 2021, he piloted

Neil Fachie Neil Michael Fachie (born 12 March 1984) is a Scottish Paralympic multiple sports athlete competing in events for individuals with a visual impairment. Fachie has entered two Paralympics, as a sprinter in the 2008 Games in Beijing and as a ta ...

to Paralympic gold in the men's track time trial B classification. The pair are also Commonwealth Games champions in 2018, and five-time World champions in the discipline.

Cycling career

Rotherham is a five times British champion after winning the time trial Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and the 2022 British National Track Championships and three

British National Tandem Sprint Championships The British National Tandem Sprint Championships are held annually, organised by British Cycling British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. It administers mo ...

gold medals. He also piloted

of Scotland to gold medals at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

in the tandem sprint B and tandem 1km time trial B. Rotherham was appointed

Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

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1994 births Living people British male cyclists British track cyclists Sportspeople from Wigan English track cyclists Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Paralympic cyclists for Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire 21st-century British people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-cycling-bio-stub