1. Craig MacLean MBE is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the Team Sprint at the 2000 Olympics.
18 Facts About Craig MacLean
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Craig MacLean is only the second athlete, after Hungarian fencer Pal Szekeres, ever to win medals at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Craig MacLean has won medals in five UCI Track World Championships in the team Sprint, Silver in 1999, Silver in 2000, Bronze in 2001, Gold in 2002, Bronze in 2003, and Bronze in 2004.
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Craig MacLean won a bronze medal for Scotland in the Team sprint at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, followed by a gold medal in the event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
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Craig MacLean was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
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Craig MacLean broke the GB kilometre record at the Olympic Trials in 2004.
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Craig MacLean suffered from a mystery illness for the majority of his career so could no longer perform at the level required.
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Craig MacLean declared that the Manchester round of the World Cup Classics in November 2008 was his last ride as a UCI accredited rider.
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Craig MacLean won his Keirin heat but was relegated by the officials.
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Craig MacLean sat out international competition for two years from 2008 to 2010, the mandatory requirement to become a pilot for para-cycling tandem racing.
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At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Craig MacLean piloted Neil Fachie to golds in the Tandem B Sprint and Tandem B 1000m Time Trial.
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In doing so, Craig MacLean became only the second athlete to win medals at both Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Craig MacLean appeared at Revolution 22 in December 2008, competing in the Sprint and Keirin events.
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Craig MacLean reunited with Neil Fachie for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the pairing won gold in the kilo time trial.
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In 2007 Craig MacLean had an experimental documentary made about him called Standing Start made by BAFTA winner Adrian McDowall and Finlay Pretsell.
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Craig MacLean teamed up with Luger as one team, while Macey and Gardener made up the other team.
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However a number further crashes and injuries sustained by Craig MacLean meant that they did not complete two runs in the actual competition and were not classified.