David Brailsford
Dave Brailsford
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David John Brailsford |
| Born |
29 February 1964 Shardlow, Derbyshire, England |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sky |
| Discipline | Road and Track Cycling |
| Role | General Manager |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 1997-2014 | British Cycling |
| 2010- | Team Sky |
Sir David John "Dave" Brailsford, CBE (born 29 February 1964) is a British cycling coach. He was formerly performance director of British Cycling and is currently general manager of Team Sky.
Brailsford was born in Shardlow, Derbyshire and brought up in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon in Wales, as a result of which he speaks Welsh. Brailsford competed in France for four years as a sponsored amateur racing cyclist before returning to the UK at 23 to study for a degree in sports science and psychology at Chester College of Higher Education (awarded by the University of Liverpool) and then an MBA at Sheffield Hallam University.
Brailsford has been involved with cycling throughout his career and spent some of his early career working as an export sales manager at Yorkshire Bike importer and distributor Planet X Bikes. He was first employed by British Cycling as an advisor when Lottery funding began in 1997. British Cycling soon established its headquarters at the Manchester Velodrome, an Olympic-standard track, and Brailsford became programme director before becoming performance director in 2003 following the departure of Peter Keen.
Brailsford is credited with championing a philosophy of 'marginal gains' at British Cycling:
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