Jack Carthy
British mountain biker
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Jack Carthy (born 8 August 1996 in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England) is a Mountain bike rider who competes in the 26-inch category.[2][4] He is the reigning UCI elite world champion and UCI World Cup champion.
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| Full name | Jack Carthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1996[1] Haworth, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Crewkerz Bikes[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | 26-inch trials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup
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Medal record
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Career
Carthy began competing on the elite UCI Trials World Cup 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
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| Event | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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