Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian
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 ...
, who specializes in sprinting events.
Career
On 6 September 2019, Paul set a
flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia. The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against
Denis Dmitriev
Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev (russian: Денис Сергеевич Дмитриев; born 23 March 1986) is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at th ...
(ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied.
In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints.
In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships.
At the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating
Jack Carlin
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.
Cycling career
In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the Euro ...
of Scotland and
Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games. He also won a silver medal in the
sprint event. He also won a bronze medal in the
1km Time Trial event.
Major results
;2015
:1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships
;2017
:1st Sprint, National Track Championships
:2nd
Team sprint,
Pan American Track Championships
The Pan American Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are selected ...
(with
Kwesi Browne
Kwesi Browne (born 31 January 1994) is a Trinidad and Tobago male track cyclist, representing Trinidad and Tobago at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the keirin at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and also at ...
&
Njisane Phillip
Njisane Nicholas Phillip (born 29 May 1991) is a former Trinidadian track cyclist active from 2010 until 2019. Born in Siparia, he competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he achieved a fourth place finish in the indiv ...
)
;2018
:
Central American and Caribbean Games
The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Cent ...
::1st
Kilometer
::1st
Sprint
::1st
Team sprint (with
Kwesi Browne
Kwesi Browne (born 31 January 1994) is a Trinidad and Tobago male track cyclist, representing Trinidad and Tobago at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the keirin at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and also at ...
&
Njisane Phillip
Njisane Nicholas Phillip (born 29 May 1991) is a former Trinidadian track cyclist active from 2010 until 2019. Born in Siparia, he competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he achieved a fourth place finish in the indiv ...
)
:
Pan American Track Championships
The Pan American Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are selected ...
::1st
Team sprint (with
Kwesi Browne
Kwesi Browne (born 31 January 1994) is a Trinidad and Tobago male track cyclist, representing Trinidad and Tobago at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the keirin at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and also at ...
&
Njisane Phillip
Njisane Nicholas Phillip (born 29 May 1991) is a former Trinidadian track cyclist active from 2010 until 2019. Born in Siparia, he competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he achieved a fourth place finish in the indiv ...
)
::2nd
Sprint
::3rd
Kilometer
;2021
:
UCI Nations Cup
::1st
Kilometer
::1st
Keirin
::1st
Sprint
:
UCI World Track Championships
::2nd
Kilometer
::4th Keirin
;2022
:
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st
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 gamblin ...
::2nd
Sprint
::3rd
1km Time Trial
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Trinidad and Tobago male cyclists
Trinidad and Tobago track cyclists
People from Gasparillo
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Trinidad and Tobago
Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
20th-century Trinidad and Tobago people
21st-century Trinidad and Tobago people
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling