- Brian Walton (cyclist)
Brian Clifford Walton (born
December 18 ,1965 inOttawa, Ontario ) is a cycling coach and former Canadian professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, where he raced professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada internationally at thePan American Games ,Commonwealth Games , and 3Olympic Games (1988, 1996, 2000). He won a silver medal in the Men's Points Race 1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia . Brian was inducted into theBC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.Brian is now a partner at Cadence Performance Cycling Center in
Philadelphia .Teams
* 1987-1991 Team 7-Eleven
* 1991-1993 Team Motorola
* 1993-2000 Team Saturn
* 2000-2003 Team Snow Valley (Coach)Palmares
* Olympic Silver Medalist – Points Race 1996
* 3 Time Olympic Team Member (1988, 1996, 2000)
* 3 Time Pan American Games Gold Medalist
* 1995 Gold-Road Race (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
* 1995 Gold-Points Race
* 1995 Bronze-Pursuit
* 1999 Gold–Road Race (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
* 1995 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal – Scratch Race
* 1989 Overall Winner Milk Race (Tour of Britain)
* 1988 Overall Winner International Dortmund Ritter
* 1991 Overall Winner International Tour of Bavaria
* 1991 Winner Stage 6 (Time Trial) Tour of Pays Basque (over Miguel Indurain)
* 10 Time Canadian National Champion-Road and Track
* 6 Time Winner Tour de White RockReferences
* [http://72.232.38.190/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=38108 Canadian Olympic Committee]
* [http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?person_id=306&stype=searchsport&keyword=&type=ind&sport_id=26&year_=2006&category_id=team BC Sports Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.cadencecycling.com/training/coaching/coaches/ Cadence Cycling]
* [http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesBiosN2Z/walton.html 2000 Summer Olympics Bio]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/brian-walton-1.html sports-reference]
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