11 Facts About Callum Skinner

Callum Skinner was born on 20 August 1992 and is a British former track cyclist.

Callum Skinner won the silver medal in the individual sprint at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the British team that won gold in the team sprint.

Callum Skinner moved to Bruntsfield, Edinburgh at the age of 12 and attended James Gillespie's High School.

Callum Skinner took up cycling in 2004, inspired by Chris Hoy's success in the sport at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Callum Skinner competed representing Scotland in the team sprint at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, finishing fourth.

Callum Skinner did not get the opportunity to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London due to a lump in his neck in late 2011 which doctors initially thought was lymphoma.

Callum Skinner was promoted to the British Cycling Olympic Podium Programme in 2013.

Callum Skinner came to prominence at the 2014 British National Track Championships, winning a clean sweep of four national sprint titles.

In January 2016 Callum Skinner was a member of the team that won the overall title for the men's team sprint at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Hong Kong.

Callum Skinner said that in 2019 he disclosed his mental health issues to a senior person at British Cycling, but that the official in question refused his request for time off to recover: he reflected that "that conversation finished me as a cyclist".

In February 2019 it was announced that Callum Skinner had been appointed to the position of Lead Athlete with Global Athlete, a self-described "athlete-led movement for change" aiming to advance the interests of sportspeople: in this role he would be responsible for recruiting other athletes to the organisation.