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| Full name | Matthew Nicholas Crampton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1986 England Great Britain |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (180 lb; 12.9 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Sky Track Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Sportcity Velo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008 2010– |
Science in Sport Sky Track Cycling |
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| Infobox last updated on 23 March 2011 |
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Matthew "Matt" Nicholas Crampton (born 23 May 1986)[2] is an English track cyclist for Sky Track Cycling. He is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme, he has represented Great Britain at a number of major events. Crampton specializes in track sprinting and has competed in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin and kilo events.
Born in Manchester, Crampton won the junior sprint and keirin events at the 2004 European Track Championships.[2] Crampton competed at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Bendigo, Australia in 2004, winning a silver medal in the keirin.[1]
He went on to take the silver medal as a member of England's Team Sprint squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2007 saw Crampton take the silver medal in the keirin and bronze in the team sprint at the European Track Championships, this time riding in the under 23 category.
His first success internationally was a bronze medal in the keirin at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester. He won a bronze medal in the individual sprint at the first round of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics at Manchester on 1 November 2008. He also won the Japanese Keirin Association Race the next day.[3]
On 15 November 2008 he competed in the Revolution 21 event in Manchester. He won both events he was entered in, the Sprint and the Keirin. Other riders present were Jason Kenny, Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff.
He won silver in the men's team sprint at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with teammates Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny.