Jamie Staff
Jamie Staff (born
1973) is a
English cyclist, winning numerous medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games.
Born in
Ashford, Kent, on
30 April 1973, Jamie first got started in
BMX when he was 9 years old, after seeing friends riding
[BMX Ultra interview] and was undoubtedly one of the
cycling stories of the year in
2002. A BMX rider who has won just about everything from the World Championships downwards, he decided at the end of
2001 that he wanted to win an
Olympic medal. As BMX is not an Olympic sport, he turned his attention to Track sprinting events.
He qualified for the GB Cycling Team at the first attempt and has since produced some stunning performances. A natural competitor, he revels in the combative nature of the
Sprint and the
Keirin, though his stand-out rides so far have been in the
Olympic sprint and The Kilo.
At the
Commonwealth Games, he was a member of the silver medal winning
England Team Sprint trio, an impressive semi-finalist in the sprint (during which he broke the national 200m record) and the winner of a bronze in the Kilo, behind GB team-mates
Chris Hoy and
Jason Queally.
However, he surpassed all expectations when he helped GB to win a gold medal in the Team Sprint at the
2002 world Track Championships in
Copenhagen, less than a year after taking up track racing. In
2003 he continued to progress, recording two personal best times in the Kilo and a win in the
Mexico World cup in the discipline.
[Olympics]Jamie Staff was one of the many imports competing in the
United States national ABA (American Bicycle Association) and NBL (National Bicycle League) series, and regularly made
AA Pro mains
[BMX Ultra interview] (winning
NBL Pro Nat.#1 (Elite) Men (AA) in
2001), (winning the World BMX title in
1996) until
2001 when he decided to concentrate on track cycling. Jamie still participates in BMX occasionally (as in the
2002,
X Games VIII -BMX Downhill).
*1996 World BMX Champion
[British Cycling]*2002 Bronze Kilo (England), Commonwealth Games
*2002 Silver Team Sprint (England), Commonwealth Games
*2002 Gold Team Sprint, World Championships
*2003 Silver Sprint, National Championships
*2003 Silver Sprint, World Cup, Mexico
*2003 Gold Kilometre, World Cup, Mexico
*2003 Gold Team Sprint, World Cup, South Africa
*2004 Gold Keirin, World Championships, Melbourne
*2004 Bronze Team Sprint, World Championships, Melbourne
[Olympics]*2006 Silver Team Sprint, Commomwealth Games, Melbourne
[BBC Sport (19/3/06)]*
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Keirin Men*
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team Sprint Men*
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
