Matt Walls

Matthew Thomas Walls (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist,^[4] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.^[5]

Matt Walls
MBE

Walls in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Walls
Nickname	Wallsey
Born	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) Oldham, England
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2017–2019	100% Me
2019	EF Education First (stagiaire)[1]
2020	Trinity Racing
Professional teams
2021–2023	Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3]
2024–	Groupama–FDJ
Major wins
Road One day races and Classics Gran Piemonte (2021) Track Olympic Games Omnium (2021)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Omnium 2020 Tokyo Madison World Championships 2020 Berlin Omnium European Championships 2018 Glasgow Elimination 2020 Plovdiv Omnium 2020 Plovdiv Elimination Junior World Championships 2016 Aigle Points race 2016 Aigle Team pursuit U23 & Junior European Championships 2016 Aigle Junior Madison 2016 Aigle Junior Team pursuit 2017 Sangalhos Under-23 Team pursuit 2018 Aigle Under-23 Scratch 2018 Aigle Under-23 Madison 2018 Aigle Under-23 Team pursuit 2019 Ghent Under-23 Omnium 2019 Ghent Under-23 Madison

Career

Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.^[7]

Major results

Road

2016

1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales

2018

Flèche du Sud

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 5

1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour

2019

1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour

1st Stage 3

2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial

3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais

10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2021 (2 pro wins)

1st Gran Piemonte

1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway

2024

2nd Circuit race, National Championships

Track

2016

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Team pursuit

1st Madison (with Rhys Britton)

UCI World Junior Championships

2nd Points race

3rd Team pursuit

2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock)

2017

1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)

National Championships

1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

1st Omnium

2nd Team pursuit

2018

1st Elimination, UEC European Championships

1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

1st Scratch

1st Team pursuit

National Championships

1st Omnium

1st Team pursuit

3rd Scratch

2019

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Madison (with Fred Wright)

1st Omnium

National Championships

1st Omnium

2nd Points race

2nd Team pursuit

2020

UEC European Championships

1st Elimination

1st Omnium

3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships

2021

Olympic Games

1st Omnium

2nd Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

Honours and awards

Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.^[8]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.^[9][10]

References

1. "EF Education First". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
2. "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. Hickmott, Larry (24 August 2020). "Team News: BORA – Hansgrohe signs neo-pros Matt Walls". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
4. "Matthew Walls". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
5. "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
6. "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB's Matt Walls wins omnium gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2021.
7. "Commonwealth Games: cyclists taken to hospital after crash involving crowd". The Guardian. 1 August 2022.
8. Mutch, James (2 September 2021). "Shaw cycling Olympic champion Matt Walls set to be given freedom of Oldham". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
9. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N26.
10. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.

External links

• Matt Walls at British Cycling
• Matt Walls at UCI
• Matt Walls at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Matt Walls at ProCyclingStats
• Matt Walls at Cycling Quotient
• Matt Walls at CycleBase
• Matt Walls at Olympics.com
• Matt Walls at Team GB
• Matt Walls at Olympedia