Jack Carlin (born 23 April 1997) is a Scottish former track cyclist, who specialised in sprint events. He won four Olympic medals; two at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and two at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Cycling career In 2016, Carlin won his first senior international medal when taking silver at the European Track Championships in the team sprint.
In 2018 he won silver medals at the World Championships in both the sprint and team sprint. This was followed by silver in the sprint at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the European Championships in the keirin.
Carlin again achieved a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2020 World Championships. He then went on to become a double Olympic medallist at his debut Games in Tokyo, winning silver and bronze in the team sprint and sprint respectively.
At the 2022 British National Track Championships in Newport, Wales, he won three British titles (to add to his previous five) after winning the sprint, keirin and the team sprint. Later that year, he won silver in the keirin and bronze in the sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The latter was awarded following the relegation of Matthew Glaetzer in the deciding race after he was adjudged to have deviated from his racing line and unduly interfered with Carlin's sprint.
On 24 June 2024, Carlin was named in the Great Britain squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the Games in Paris, he won a silver medal with Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull in the team sprint, losing out in the final to the Netherlands, who set a new world record. He won a bronze medal in the sprint, having been beaten by eventual champion Harrie Lavreysen in the semi-finals and defeating Jeffrey Hoogland in the bronze medal final. In the keirin, Carlin won his semi-final and advanced to the final, where he was involved in a last lap crash with two other riders.
Carlin announced his retirement from professional cycling in October 2025.
Major results
2016 Track Cycling World Cup 1st Team sprint, Round 1 (Glasgow) 1st Team sprint, Round 2 (Apeldoorn) European Track Championships 2nd Team sprint, 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2nd Team sprint 2nd Sprint Commonwealth Games 2nd Sprint European Track Championships 3rd Keirin 2019 European Track Championships 2nd Team sprint 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2nd Team sprint 2021 Olympic Games 2nd Team sprint 3rd Sprint 2022 Commonwealth Games 2nd Keirin 3rd Sprint 2024 Olympic Games 2nd Team sprint 3rd Sprint
See also
List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint
References
External links
Jack Carlin at British Cycling
Jack Carlin at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)