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Bryan Steel
Personal information
Born (1969-01-05) 5 January 1969 (age 55)
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineRoad & Track
RoleRider
Professional team
-Brite
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manchester Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2003 Stuttgart Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2004 Melbourne Team Pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Ballerup Team Pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester team pursuit

Bryan Steel (born 5 January 1969)[1] is an English former professional racing cyclist.

Cycling career

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Steel represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

He represented England in the individual pursuit and won a bronze medal in the 4,000 metres team pursuit, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] Four years later at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he won a silver medal in the team pursuit and competed in the individual pursuit. Eight years later he won a third Commonwealth Games medal when winning a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4]

Personal life

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Steel was born in Nottingham and now lives in Sutton near Mansfield[5] and is involved with promoting cycling for D.A.R.E. UK.[6]

Palmarès

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1994
1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Rob Hayles)
2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
1996
1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Simon Lillistone)
3rd Team Pursuit, 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round, Italy
3rd Team Pursuit, 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round, Cottbus
2000
3rd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2001
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
2002
2nd Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
3rd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2003
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
2nd Team Pursuit, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 2, Aguascalientes
2nd Team Pursuit, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 3, Cape Town
2004
2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Team Pursuit, Olympic Games
1st Team Pursuit, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Round 4, Sydney

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bryan Steel Olympic Profile". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bryan Steel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "GB CYCLING TEAM PROFILES". Archived from the original on 22 January 2001.
  6. ^ "Bryan Steel". D.A.R.E. UK. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
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