Peter Mitchell

Peter Mitchell (born 12 January 1990 in London, England ) is a British track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. In 2009, he was named in the Team Sky+ HD track cycling team alongside names such as Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendelton.

In November 2012 it was announced that Mitchell was joining the British paralympic cycling squad as a pilot for the tandem events. Mitchell teamed up with Paralympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Neil Fachie for the 2013 British National Track Championships, where they were second in both the kilo time trial and the 200-metre flying start time trial for mixed blind/visually impaired competitors. In addition he scored a solo second place in the sprint, being defeated in the final by Jason Kenny.

Fachie and Mitchell continued their partnership for the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The pair won the gold medal in the tandem 1km time trial, and broke the world record set by Fachie and Barney Storey at the 2012 Paralympics by setting a time of 59.460 seconds, becoming the first tandem pairing to clock a sub-minute time for the kilo time trial. They subsequently won a second gold in the tandem sprint.

He returned to able-bodied track cycling at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships and won the national sprint title.

Born in England, at Commonwealth Games level he has represented Wales as a para-cycling pilot, winning two medals in 2018 and Scotland as a sprint cyclist, where he was selected for the 2026 Games.

Results

2007 1st Team Sprint, Junior World Track Championships 3rd Sprint, Junior World Track Championships 2nd Sprint, British National Junior Track Championships 2008 2nd Team Sprint, European Junior Track Championships 3rd Sprint, European Junior Track Championships 2009 2nd Team Sprint, European Under 23 Track Championships 2nd Team Sprint, British National Track Championships 2010 3rd Sprint, European Under 23 Track Championships 2011 2nd Team Sprint, European Under 23 Track Championships 2013 2nd Sprint, British National track championships 2nd BVI Mixed 1km time trial, British National track championships (with Neil Fachie) 2nd BVI Mixed 200m flying start time trial, British National track championships (with Neil Fachie) 2014 1st BVI 1km time trial, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Neil Fachie) 1st BVI Sprint, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Neil Fachie) 2nd BVI Mixed 1km time trial, British National Track Championships (with Neil Fachie) 2nd BVI 200m flying start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Neil Fachie) 2015 1st Tandem B sprint, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Neil Fachie) 2nd BVI 200m mixed standing start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Neil Fachie) 2nd BVI 200m flying start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Helen Scott) 2nd British National Team Sprint Championships (with Matthew Roper and Thomas Scammell) 2024

2025 2nd Sprint, 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships 2nd Keirin, 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships