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Tim Carswell

Tim Carswell
Personal information
Born22 October 1971
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 20km scratch race
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team pursuit

Timothy "Tim" Christopher Carswell (born 22 October 1971) is a former New Zealand racing cyclist. He won two bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games; one in the twenty kilometre scratch race and one in the team pursuit alongside fellow riders Brendon Cameron, Greg Henderson and Lee Vertongen.[1]

He competed at two Olympics; in 1996 at Atlanta the team came 8th in the 4000m team pursuit, and in 2000 at Sydney the team came 6th in the 4000m team pursuit.

Career

After a two year stint for Carswell with the UCI World Cycling Centre as head coach he returned home to New Zealand ad was appointed Endurance coach for the National track program.[2][3] In 2016 Carswell joined the St Peter's School Cycling team as coach with his wife to help promote cycling to the younger generations.[4][5] In February 2019 Carswell was appointed Head Coach of the Waikato hub of the Cycling New Zealand Network.[6] In April 2022 Carswell was appointed the position of National coach for the Belgium Track cycling team. He has a contract with them until the end of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

Major results

Source:[8]

1999
8th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stage 2

References

  1. ^ "Tim Carswell". New Zealand Olympic Team. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Cycling: Carswell to join world cycling body". NZ Herald. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Carswell joins BikeNZ coaching team". RNZ. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ Bain, Mike (8 June 2017). "Former Olympians training next generation of cycling champs at St Peter's School, Cambridge". Stuff. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "St Peter's Welcomes Olympic Cycling Coach Tim Carswell | St Peter's News & Events". www.stpeters.school.nz. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ^ "CARSWELL APPOINTED GRASSROOTS TRUST WAIKATO BOP PERFORMANCE HUB COACH". Cycling New Zealand. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  7. ^ "New Zealander Tim Carswell presented as new national coach of Belgian track cycling: "More young people should combine road and track"". DodoFinance. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Tim Carswell". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.


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