Robin Sharman (born 8 December 1979) is an English

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

and coach from Repton, Derbyshire. He competed in the Under-23 road races at the UCI Road World Championships in

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and

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

. He represented

England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE). The country went by the abbreviation ''ENG'' and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem ...

, competing in the road event but did not finish the race. In February 2009 Sharman was appointed Olympic Development Programme Coach for the Great Britain junior squad, following a year as a coach for British Cycling's Go Ride scheme in the East Midlands.

Palmarès

;2000 :2nd British National Road Race Championships (Under 23) ;2005 :1st Overall

Premier Calendar The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders. Organisation and events In 2010 points were awar ...

:2nd Stage 2,

2005 Tour of Britain The 2005 edition of the Tour of Britain stage race was run as a UCI 2.1 category in six stages starting in Glasgow on 30 August and finishing in London on 4 September: Stages Prelude ;29 August: Glasgow Mass participation ride followed by ...

;2006 :1st East Midlands International Cicle Classic :2nd Overall

;2007 :3rd Overall

;2011 :4th Ryedale Grand Prix

References

1979 births English male cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for England Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Repton Sportspeople from Derbyshire Living people English cycling coaches {{England-cycling-bio-stub