Joseph Truman
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Truman |
| Born | 14 February 1997 Petersfield, England |
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Inspired |
| Discipline | Track cycling |
| Role | Sprinter |
Medal record | |
Joseph Truman (born 14 February 1997)[1] is a British professional track cyclist. His first major medal came at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint, while his first major individual championship gold came ten years later in the kilo time trial at the 2026 UEC European Track Cycling Championships.[2]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Truman won Silver in the team sprint event alongside Ryan Owens and Philip Hindes.[3]
Truman participated in two seasons (2018/19 and 2019/20) of the 'JKA' Japanese Keirin racing series, a hugely popular, multi-million dollar gambling sport. A BBC documentary, 'The Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing: with Sir Chris Hoy' aired detailing the sport and following Truman's experiences while competing in Japan.
Truman is multiple British champion, including winning the Keirin Championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships. He had finished second in 2019.[4] At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales he won another British title after winning the team sprint. He also won two silver medals at the same Championships.[5]
Truman won Silver at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Team Sprint. His Commonwealth Games ended early after a crash in the Keirin on day two of competition.
Truman holds the British record for the Kilometre Time Trial with a time of 58.667. This time was set during the UCI World Championships where Truman achieved 3rd place in the event.
At the 2025 Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Truman, along with teammates Matthew Richardson, Hamish Turnbull and Harry Ledingham-Horn, claimed a silver medal in the team sprint for Great Britain.[6]
At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Truman, Turnbull and Ledingham-Horn won silver in the team sprint. The English trio were defeated by Australia in the gold-medal race.[7] Later in the competition, he won a second silver medal in the 1 km time trial.[8]
Major results
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- 2017
- British National Track Championships
- 1st
Team sprint - 2nd
Individual Sprint
- 1st
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 3rd
Team Sprint, Round 1 (Pruszków)
- 3rd
- 2018
- 2018 British National Track Championships
- 1st Kilometre Time Trial
- 2nd Keirin
- 1st
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 2nd
- 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 2nd
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 2019
- 2019 British National Track Championships
- 1st Individual Sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- 3rd Team sprint, European Games
- 2020
- British National Track Championships
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st
- 2022
- Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Team Sprint
- 2nd
- 2023
- 2nd
Team sprint, UEC European Championships
- 2024
- 3rd
1 km time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2025
- 2nd
Team sprint, UCI World Championships (with Harry Ledingham-Horn, Hamish Turnbull and Matthew Richardson)
- 2026
- 2nd Team sprint, Commonwealth Games
References
[edit]- ↑ "Joseph Truman". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ↑ "European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "Qualifying results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ↑ "Results" (PDF). British Cycling.
- ↑ "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ↑ Collins, Ben (23 October 2025). "Richardson wins 'bittersweet' first medal for GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "Newberry sets world record & double sprint silver for England". BBC Sport. 30 July 2026. Archived from the original on 2 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "England's Truman takes silver in men's time trial". BBC Sport. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Joe Truman at British Cycling
- Joseph Truman at UCI
- Joseph Truman at Olympics.com
- Joseph Truman at Team England
- Joe Truman at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Joe Truman on Instagram
- 1997 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- English track cyclists
- British track cyclists
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- European Games medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the 2019 European Games
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Portsmouth
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- UEC European Track Championships medalists
- Cyclists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games