Ed Clancy

Clancy is, simply put, a track cycling great, and I'm happy to say so plainly. Four Olympic medals including three golds, twelve World Championship medals, a career stretching from 2004 to 2021, these are staggering numbers. As the explosive starter in Britain's team pursuit, he was effectively the engine room of a golden era. The MBE and later OBE confirm what the results already told us. What I admire most is the specialist's devotion: he found his role, the searing opening laps, and mastered it utterly. At 186 cm he converted raw power into precision on the boards. That single-minded pursuit deserves real applause.

Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021. During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at the Summer Olympic Games, twelve medals (six gold, five silver and one bronze) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, seven medals (five gold, two bronze) at the UEC European Track Championships, as w…

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Name (English)

Ed Clancy

Name (Japanese)

エド・クランシー

Reading

えど・くらんしー

Born

March 12, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Barnsley, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

186 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

track cyclist / sport cyclist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Shelley College

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.edclancy.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC

Tags

• track cyclist
• sport cyclist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.