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Matt Walls
MBE
File:2019 UEC Track Elite European Championships 119.jpg
Walls in 2019
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Walls
NicknameWallsey
Born (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 28)
Oldham, England
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017–2019100% Me
2019EF Education First (stagiaire)[1]
2020Trinity Racing
Professional teams
2021–2023Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3]
2024–Groupama–FDJ
Major wins
Road

One day races and Classics

Gran Piemonte (2021)
Track
Olympic Games
Omnium (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Madison
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Omnium
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plovdiv Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plovdiv Elimination
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Aigle Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Aigle Team pursuit
U23 & Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aigle Junior Madison
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aigle Junior Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sangalhos Under-23 Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Under-23 Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Under-23 Madison
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aigle Under-23 Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ghent Under-23 Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ghent Under-23 Madison

Matthew Thomas Walls (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist,[4] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[5]

Early life

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Walls was raised in Oldham in Greater Manchester. He attended Crompton House Church of England Academy.[6]

Career

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Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.[8]

Major results

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Road

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2016
1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales
2018
Flèche du Sud
1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour
2019
1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
1st Stage 3
2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial
3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021 (2 pro wins)
1st Gran Piemonte
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
2024
2nd Circuit race, National Championships
2025
6th Tour de Vendée
9th Classique Dunkerque

Track

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2016
UEC European Junior Championships
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Rhys Britton)
UCI World Junior Championships
2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg Points race
3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock)
2017
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)
National Championships
1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
2018
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination, UEC European Championships
1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
National Championships
1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Omnium
1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2019
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Fred Wright)
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
National Championships
1st File:Jersey of Great Britain.svg Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Team pursuit
2020
UEC European Championships
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination
1st File:European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Omnium, UCI World Championships
2021
Olympic Games
1st File:Gold medal olympic.svg Omnium
2nd File:Silver medal olympic.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

Honours and awards

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Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.[9]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[10][11]

References

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