David Baker (cyclist)
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| Nickname | Baxter | |||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1965 England United Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Cyclo-cross & MTB | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cyclo-cross, XC MTB | |||||||||||||
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| Ace Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
| Norton Wheelers | ||||||||||||||
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| 1987-1990 | Ace RT Peugeot Cycles | |||||||||||||
| 1991-1994 | Team Raleigh | |||||||||||||
| 1995-1998 | GT Bicycles | |||||||||||||
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David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing.
Biography[]
Baker, from Dronfield, Derbyshire, began riding cyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to Ace Racing Team where he and team mate Tim Gould dominated cyclo-cross for years. In the late 1980s, Baker and Gould tried small mountain bike races, progressing to Mountain Bike Club events which were then a national series. The British Mountain Bike Federation began in the early 1990s; Baker won the national series on numerous occasions, along with national championships. In 1993, he won the UK round of the Grundig Mountain Bike World Cup at Newnham Park, near Plymouth. He came 15th for Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[1] Two years later he retired with heart problems.
In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.
Palmarès[]
MTB[]
1992
1st XC, British Mountain Biking National Championships
1st XC, British Mountain Biking National Points Series inc EVERY ROUND
3rd 
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Cross-Country, Bromont
1993
1st XC, Grundig UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Semi Final Round - Plymouth UK
1st XC, British Mountain Biking National Championships
1994
1st XC, British Mountain Biking National Championships
1995
1996
15th Men's Cross-country 1996 Atlanta Olympics
1997
1998
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Baker Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
External links[]
- David Baker at Cycling Archives
- Living people
- Cyclo-cross cyclists
- Cyclists from Yorkshire
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Sportspeople from Sheffield
- 1965 births
- Olympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics