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Bradley Wiggins

First British Tour de France winner; eight Olympic medals.

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Bradley Wiggins was born on 28 April 1980 in Ghent, Belgium, to an Australian father and a British mother.[1] In 2012, Wiggins won the Olympic gold medal in the time trial and was described as being "set to become the first British winner of the Tour de France".[2][3]

Key facts and history

In 1998, aged 18, he won the junior world championship in the three-kilometre individual pursuit in Cuba.[4] He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[5] During and after his career, he faced allegations of using a Therapeutic Use Exemption for triamcinolone to improve his power-to-weight ratio before the 2012 Tour de France.[6][7] When Wiggins was two years old, his father, a professional cyclist, departed from the family.[8]

His mother raised him in northwest London; his education took place at St Augustine's Church of England High School in Kilburn.[8]

What the cited sources add

A 2012 Guardian profile notes that after the 2004 Olympics, Wiggins struggled with depression and became a heavy drinker for nine months.[3] The same source reports that Wiggins's father would smuggle amphetamine tablets through customs in his nappies, and that Wiggins was not judgmental about it.[3] During the 2012 Tour de France, a BBC Sport report describes how Wiggins halted the race after saboteurs threw tacks on the road, allowing defending champion Cadel Evans to return to the group.[9] A Cycling Weekly article from July 2012 quotes Chris Froome saying that he and Wiggins were comfortable with Vincenzo Nibali's attacks during stage 16.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bradley Wiggins", BSkyB (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mark Cavendish hails the GB 'dream team'", BBC Sport, 26 July 2012; Chadband}}{{cbignore, "London 2012 Olympics: Bradley Wiggins shattered after failing to deliver gold for Mark Cavendish", Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Lewis, "Bradley Wiggins: the undisputed king of the road", The Guardian, 22 July 2012. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1998 Junior Track World Championships", Cyclingnews.com, June 1998; "British National Track Championships", Cyclingnews.com, 28 July 1998; "British Track Championships, Manchester Velodrome", Cyclingnews.com, 30 July 1998; "1998 Commonwealth Games Track Results", Cyclingnews.com, September 1998; Wiggins 2012a, p. 20–24 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bradley Wiggins out of Tour of Britain as Tiernan-Locke leads", BBC Sport, 14 September 2012; "Bradley Wiggins withdraws from World Championships time trial", BBC Sport, 3 September 2012; "Bradley Wiggins' historic 2012 season is recognised with Velo d'Or award", Sky Sports, 29 October 2012; "Tour de France winner back home after crash", BBC Sport, 8 November 2012; "Bradley Wiggins wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year", BBC Sport, 16 December 2012; "Bradley Wiggins knighted in 2013 New Year Honours List", BBC Sport, 29 December 2012 en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ballinger, "TUEs don't help you win an Olympic medal, according to anti-doping study", 22 May 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Combatting doping in sport – Fourth Report of Session 2017–19; HC 366 Published on 5 March 2018; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Bradley Wiggins" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wiggins 2012a, p. 20–24; Lewis, "Bradley Wiggins: the undisputed king of the road", The Guardian, 22 July 2012; Elrington 1989, p. 212–217; Wiggins 2012a, p. 20–24; Lefley, "The boy who became a double Olympic champion", Evening Standard, 19 August 2008; Wallace, "Tour de France: The making of Bradley Wiggins", The Independent, 21 July 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Bradley Wiggins halts stage 14 amid sabotage", BBC Sport, 15 July 2012. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
  10. Brown, "Froome: Nibali's attacks weren't going anywhere", Cycling Weekly, 18 July 2012. facts only, no text reused. cyclingweekly.co.uk

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Career statistics and honours

Medals

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