Liam Killeen

Liam Killeen (born 12 April 1982), is a British professional mountain biker. He represented England in cross country racing at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 where he came 3rd, and became Commonwealth Champion in 2006. He has won the British Mountain Biking National Champion over five consecutive years; 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and was chosen as the sole male cross-country rider for the British team for the London Games in 2012.

Early life Killeen had been interested in cycling from a young age, but a trip to the Malvern Classic introduced him to cross-country cycling when he was about thirteen. He had previously been interested in motocross.

Career

Having won multiple titles both at the junior and Under-23 levels, he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where he took the bronze medal. Despite having won his first major medal at the international level, he continued to compete in Under-23 events, winning the silver medal at the Under-23 World Championship in 2004.

He returned to the English team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. Having placed third at the previous Games, he went two places better, taking the gold medal for his country. In 2007, he suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and could not compete for an entire season.

He competed once more for the British team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was considered one of the favourites for the gold medal.

He was selected as part of the British team to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he hoped to achieve a podium finish,

Major results Mountain Bike Source:

2002

2003

1st Evathlon 1st Roc d'Azur 1st European Cup No. 2 1st UK National Point Series 1st European Cup No. 1 2004

1st NORBA Pro Men's XC, Mount Snow, Vermont (USA) 5th Cross-country, Olympic Games 2005 1st NPS XC #5 – Sherwood Pines (GBR) 1st NORBA XC #4 – Schweitzer Mtn (USA) 1st Firecracker 50 Marathon – Breckenridge (USA) 1st World Cup MX #3 – Mt Sainte Anne (CAN) 2006

British National Series XC No. 4 (GBR) – 1st 2008 1st NORBA Marathon #2 – Nova (USA)

7th Cross-country, Olympic Games 2009

National XC Series 1st Crow Hill 1st Margam Park 2010

National XC Series 1st Dalby Forest 1st Wasing Park 2nd Margam Park 2011

National XC Series 1st Wasing Park 1st Newnham Park 2012

National XC Series 1st Sherwood Pines 1st Dalby Forest 2014 2nd National XC Championships National XC Series 2nd Cannock Chase 2015 National XC Series 1st Cannock Chase 2nd Builth Wells 2016 National XC Series 1st Newnham Park 1st Builth Wells 2nd Pembrey Country Park 3rd National XC Championships

Cyclo-cross

2004

2016