Ethan Mitchell (born 19 February 1991) is a former New Zealand

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. He is a multiple-time World Champion, an Olympic medallist, and Commonwealth Champion.

Career

Mitchell has had a successful career in track sprinting after specialising in the 'standing lap' role of first position in the team sprint. A former junior World Champion, Mitchell burst on to the senior scene as a starter at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, winning a silver medal. At the

2012 Summer 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 ...

, he competed in the men's team sprint for the national team. That year, he also won a bronze in the men's team sprint at the

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, with Sam Webster and

Eddie Dawkins Edward James Dawkins (born 11 July 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's sprint and the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won ...

. In 2013, the same team won silver at the

. In 2014, Mitchell, Webster and Dawkins finally won

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gold in the men's team sprint. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in

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, Mitchell won a gold medal in the Men's team sprint and set a Games record with his teammates. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won a silver medal alongside Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins in the

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. That year, the team also regained their

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having been relegated from the competition in 2015. Mitchell won a bronze medal at the

2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2017. They took place in Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Velodrome from 12 to 16 April 2017. The last time the championships took place in Asia was at the ...

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in the sprint event; the first New Zealander to win a world championship medal in an individual event. He, Dawkins and Webster also retained the men's team sprint title. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Mitchell won Gold in the

event alongside Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins. Mitchell now works at Real Estate Agency Bayleys

Major results

; ;2017 :1st Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships :2nd Sprinters Omnium, Six Day London

References

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