Nathan Hart (born 4 March 1993) is an Australian track cyclist. He qualified for the

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and rode in the Men's Individual Sprint. Unfortunately, Hart, together with his compatriot Matthew Richardson, exited the tournament in the first round.

Early years

Hart's father, Braham, was a track cyclist father, and he was an inspiration to him. Hart was identified by the ACT Academy of Sport talent search program and appeared at his first senior national championships in 2012. With his father willing him on, Hart made his world cup debut in late 2013, where he finished third in the Team Sprint.

Achievements

Hart competed at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , 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 d ...

where he finished 4th in the Team Sprint with Matthew Glaetzer and Patrick Constable. He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he finished 3rd in the Team Sprint with

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and Matthew Glaetzer. He represented Australia at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...

and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hart finished 3rd in the

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 ...

event alongside Jacob Schmid and Patrick Constable.Qualifying results
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Nathan 1993 births Living people Australian male cyclists Sportspeople from Canberra Cyclists from the Australian Capital Territory Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling ACT Academy of Sport alumni Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games