About Matt Walls
Born 1998. Matt Walls is a British sport cyclist.
Matthew Thomas Walls (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam .
Early life Walls was raised in Oldham in Greater Manchester. He attended Crompton House Church of England Academy.
Career Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.
Major results Road
2016 1st Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales 2018 Flèche du Sud 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 5 1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour 2019 1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour 1st Stage 3 2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial 3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais 10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2021 (2 pro wins) 1st Gran Piemonte 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway 2024 2nd Circuit race, National Championships 2025 6th Tour de Vendée 9th Classique Dunkerque
Track
2016 UEC European Junior Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison (with Rhys Britton) UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock) 2017 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships 1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter) National Championships 1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter) 1st Omnium 2nd Team pursuit 2018 1st Elimination, UEC European Championships 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London UEC European Under-23 Championships 1st Madison (with Ethan Hayter) 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit National Championships 1st Omnium 1st Team pursuit 3rd Scratch 2019 UEC European Under-23 Championships 1st Madison (with Fred Wright) 1st Omnium National Championships 1st Omnium 2nd Points race 2nd Team pursuit 2020 UEC European Championships 1st Elimination 1st Omnium
2021 Olympic Games
Honours and awards Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
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Who is Matt Walls?
British cyclist
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Matt Walls was born on 20 April 1998 in Oldham.
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Matt Walls is a sport cyclist.
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