Sam Harrison (cyclist)
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| Full name | Samuel James Harrison | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sam | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 June 1992 Risca, Wales |
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| Current team | WIGGINS | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road, Track, Cyclo-cross, MTB | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
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| ? | Cwmcarn Paragon | |||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Planet-X | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | 100% ME | |||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | NFTO | |||||||||||||||
| 2016– | WIGGINS | |||||||||||||||
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Samuel James "Sam" Harrison (born 24 June 1992) is a Welsh racing cyclist. He has twice won medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in 2011, and 2013.
Harrison is from Risca, Newport. He tried cycling after hearing his friends saying that Newport Velodrome was fun, and at the age of 13 he was soon racing with the local club, Cwmcarn Paragon. He was selected to be a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme in 2008.
Harrison was nominated for the BBC's Young Sports Personality award in 2008, after winning three titles in the youth competition of the British National Track Championships. In February 2009, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. He also won two medals at the Under-23 European Track Championships.
2011 saw Harrison break-through at a senior level. He won his first competition at the UCI Track World Cup event in Beijing, winning the omnium. The first appearance for Harrison at the UCI World Track Championships came in 2011, in which he won a bronze medal as part of the Team Pursuit. He was selected in the final after regular starter Ed Clancy fell ill. Harrison also finished 11th in the omnium.
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