Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team and the Great Britain national track cycling team.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the silver medal in the Team pursuit. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the team pursuit.
Tanfield was the 2018 Commonwealth Games individual pursuit champion, the 2018 World Championships team pursuit world champion and 2024 UEC European Track Championships and 2026 Commonwealth Games team pursuit champion.
Early life Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire. He attended Stokesley School.
Career He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the gold medal. Tanfield won silver in the team pursuit and gold in the individual pursuit at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he set of time of 4:11.455, the third fastest individual pursuit time in history. Tanfield went on to claim a second silver in the team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Tanfield won two more national titles at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships bringing his total to five at the time. He won the individual pursuit for the second time and the team pursuit for the third time.
He went on to win a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit, his second Olympic Games.
On 30 July 2026, Tanfield was part of the England team pursuit lineup that won the gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, beating Australia in the final having lost to them previously in the 2024 Olympic Games final.
Personal life His brother Harry Tanfield, who is two years older than him, is also a cyclist and a silver medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road time trial.
Major results Road
2017 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 5th Duo Normand (with Harry Tanfield) 2018 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games 2021 1st Castle Douglas, Tour Series 2023 4th Time trial, National Championships
Track
2017 National Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit 2018 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships Commonwealth Games 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit UCI World Cup, Minsk 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit National Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2019 1st Team pursuit, National Championships 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2021 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2022 UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games 2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2023 National Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Jakarta 2024 UEC European Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit UCI Nations Cup 1st Team pursuit, Adelaide 1st Team pursuit, Milton 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 2026 1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games National Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Points race 3rd Elimination
References
External links
Charlie Tanfield at British Cycling
Charlie Tanfield at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)