Jack Carthy

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Jack Carthy
Personal information
Full nameJack Carthy
Born (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 25)[1]
Haworth, United Kingdom[2]
Team information
Current teamCrewkerz Bikes[3]
DisciplineTrials
Rider type26-inch trials
Major wins
UCI World Championships
26-inch trials (2016)

(2014, 2015, 2016)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's mountain bike trials
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Pietermaritzburg Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lillehammer Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place 2016 Val di Sole Trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place 2017 Chengdu Trials, 26"
Silver medal – second place 2012 Saalfelden Junior trials, 26"
Silver medal – second place 2015 Vallnord Trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place Junior trials, 26"
Gold medal – first place Trials, 26"

Jack Carthy (born 8 August 1996 in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England) is a trials rider who competes in the 26-inch category.[2][4] He is the reigning UCI elite world champion and champion.

Career[]

Carthy began competing on the elite in 2012. He finished third in his first World Cup event in Aalter, Belgium aged just 15.[5] He won the overall Elite World Cup title in 2014 while still a junior, winning 3 of the 5 rounds. He successfully defended his World Cup title in 2015 and 2016 and is thus the reigning UCI World Cup champion.[3][6]

Carthy was junior UCI world champion in 2013 and 2014 and junior European champion in 2014.[3] In the Elite category in 2015 he was European champion and finished second in the UCI World Championships in Vallnord, Andorra.[7][8]

In 2016 Carthy won the 2016 UCI World Championship in the elite 26-inch category in Val di Sole, Italy.[3] He was the first British rider to win a UCI Elite Trials World Championship in any category. He retained his title in 2017, winning at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in China.[9]

Major events timeline[]

UCI Trials World Cup
Men Elite - 26" 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Antwerp, BEL 1 1 1 1 1
Albertville, FRA 2 1 3
Les Menuires, FRA 1 5
Vocklabruck, AUT 1 1 1 1
Aalter, BEL 6
Krakow, POL 2 1 7
Moutier, FRA 1
Meribel, FRA 1
Pra Loup, FRA 1
Berlin,DE -
Salzburg, AUT 1
Val di Sole, ITA 7 1
Il Ciocco, ITA 1
Overall Position 1 1 2 1
UCI Trials World Championships
Event 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Jersey rainbow.svg Junior Men Jersey rainbow.svg Jersey rainbow.svg


References[]

  1. ^ "UCI Trials World Cup – Vöcklabruck, Austria" (PDF). trialsworldcup.at. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "About Jack Carthy". jackcarthytrials.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Team Member Jack Carthy". enter-bike.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Mountain Bike - Jack Carthy". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ "UCI Trials World Cup Aalter: Result and Standings". extreme.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ "The UCI Trials World Cup Chronicle". uci.ch. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ^ "UEC Trials European Championships 23. - 26.07.2015" (PDF). uec.ch. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Haworth bike trials ace Jack Carthy riding high among world's elite". keighleynews.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Britain's Carthy and Coleborn win medals at UCI Urban Cycling World Championships". britishcycling.org.uk. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

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