Dave Brailsford

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Sir David Brailsford

Dave Brailsford
Personal information
Full name David Brailsford
Born (1964-02-29) 29 February 1964
Shardlow, Derbyshire, England
Team information
Current team Team Sky
British Cycling
Discipline Road and Track Cycling
Role BC Programme Director
BC Performance Director
Team Sky General Manager
Infobox last updated on
4 January 2014

Sir David John "Dave" Brailsford, CBE (born 29 February 1964)[1] is a British cycling coach. He is currently performance director of British Cycling and the general manager of Team Sky.

Early life

Brailsford was born in Shardlow, Derbyshire but brought up in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon in Wales,[2] as a result of which he speaks Welsh.[3] Brailsford competed in France for four years as a professional cyclist before returning to the UK at 23 to study for a degree in sports science and psychology at Chester College of Higher Education (awarded by the University of Liverpool[4]) and then an MBA at the University of Sheffield Management School.

Career

Brailsford has been involved with cycling throughout his career. He was first employed by British Cycling as an advisor when Lottery funding began in 1996. British Cycling soon established its headquarters at the Manchester Velodrome, an Olympic-standard track, and Brailsford became programme director before becoming performance director.[5] Under Brailsford's guidance, numerous cyclists have gone on to achieve success, including Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Jason Kenny, Victoria Pendleton, Mark Cavendish and Laura Trott.

Brailsford led the British team to numerous victories at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics in Athens, Beijing and London respectively. Under his leadership Team GB has become the most successful track cycling team in modern history.

In 2010, Brailsford also became the manager of the new British-based professional team, Team Sky.[6] As Sky Team principal he oversaw both Bradley Wiggins' and Chris Froome's victories in the 2012 and 2013 Tour de France.[7] [8] He led the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Cycling team (covering track cycling, road racing, BMX and Mountain Biking) in Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The team finished top of the medal table for the discipline.

Honours

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours[5] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[9][10] He was knighted for services to cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the 2013 New Year Honours.[11][12]

British cycling's 14 medals, including eight golds, at the 2008 Summer Olympics won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award on 14 December 2008.[13] In November 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Chester where he studied Sport and Exercise Science.[14]

In December 2012 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award for a second time.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Cycling's Taff at the top". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008. 
  2. ↑ "Team GB cycling coach Dave Brailsford to be honoured". Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald. 16 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Geraint Thomas yn gwneud argraff wrth ymarfer ar gyfer y Gemau Olympaidd". BBC Cymru. August 2008. 
  4. ↑ University of Liverpool Insight – 2012 edition. 2012. p. 2. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 MBE For Dave Brailsford British Cycling 15 June 2005
  6. ↑ William Fotheringham (26 February 2009). "Sky to sponsor British Tour de France team". The Guardian. 
  7. ↑ "Bradley Wiggins wins 2012 Tour de France". 22 July 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Tour de France: Chris Froome wins 100th edition of race". 21 July 2013. 
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 7. 31 December 2008.
  10. ↑ Richard Moore (31 December 2008). "New Year honours list: arise Sir Chris ... and there's a medal for your mum as well". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Knights Bachelor". Cabinet Office. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 2. 29 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "Sports Personality 2008: Cycling". BBC. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008. 
  14. ↑ "Cycling: Chester graduate Brailsford honoured for GB Olympic cycling achievements". Chester Chronicle. 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2012-07-21. 
  15. ↑ "Sports Personality: Cycling's Dave Brailsford is coach of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 

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