Chris Newton

Chris Newton

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Newton
Born	(1973-09-29) 29 September 1973 Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
1995–1996 2000 2002–2003 2003	North Wirral Velo/Kodak Middridge CRT Compensation Group Bendigo Building Industry
Professional team(s)
1998 1999 2005–2010	Team Brite Linda McCartney Racing Team Recycling.co.uk-MG X-Power
Medal record Track cycling Competitor for  Great Britain Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens Team Pursuit Bronze 2000 Sydney Team Pursuit Bronze 2008 Beijing Points race World Championships Gold 2002 Ballerup Points race Gold 2005 Los Angeles Team Pursuit Silver 2000 Manchester Team Pursuit Silver 2001 Antwerp Team Pursuit Silver 2002 Ballerup Team Pursuit Silver 2004 Melbourne Team Pursuit Bronze 2009 Pruszków Points Race Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Silver 1994 Victoria Team Pursuit Silver 2002 Manchester Team Pursuit Bronze 2002 Manchester Points race
Infobox last updated on 27 January 2012

Christopher Malcolm (Chris) Newton (born 29 September 1973, Middlesbrough, England^[2]) is a road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and triple Olympic medalist.

Biography

Newton is an alumnus of the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough . Newton first competed in the Commonwealth Games in 1994, winning the silver medal in the Team Pursuit with Tony Doyle, Rob Hayles and Bryan Steel.

He was a member of the British Team Pursuit squad which finished tenth at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The team included Matt Illingworth, Rob Hayles and Bryan Steel. He won the bronze medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit, and the bronze in the Points Race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Newton won the silver medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he also competed in the Points Race but failed to finish the race due to mechanical problems.^[3] He won gold in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Despite his focus on pursuing a track career at world class level, Newton's all-round ability has also seen him take many wins in top international amateur road races throughout his career.

Newton broke his collarbone on 6 March 2008 when a car door was opened in his path whilst he was training on the road, putting him out of contention for the upcoming World Championships at the end of March.^[4] This put him on the backfoot at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,^[5] where he contested the points race. Joan Llaneras built up an impressive lead to take the gold, leaving Newton to battle it out with Roger Kluge for silver. A late attack by Kluge left Newton unable to respond, but he was happy to take a bronze medal at his fourth Olympic Games.^[5][6]

At the first round of the World Cup Classics series, in Manchester on 1 November 2008, Newton was on top form and dominated the points race. He was the clear winner and won the final sprint to a standing ovation from the crowd. On that night Great Britain won all gold in all 6 events.

Palmarès

Track

Road

References

External links

• chrisnewton.ndo.co.uk/