Paul Curran (cyclist)
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| Full name | Paul Curran | |||||||||||||||||||||
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15 January 1961 Thornaby, Cleveland, England |
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| Discipline | Road & Track | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stockton Wheelers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989 | Percy Bilton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Curran (born 15 January 1961) is a former professional English racing cyclist from Thornaby, Cleveland.
Curran rode for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, won the national road championship and won several medals at the Commonwealth Games. With wins in top amateur races in France, he could probably have secured a professional contract with a continental cycling team but preferred to remain in Britain.
Curran began riding for his local cycling club Stockton Wheelers and at the age of 14 completed a ten-mile time trial at Crathorne, North Yorkshire in 24–49. It was obvious he had talent when in 1977 he dominated the English schools national grass and track championship winning all three individual titles in the over-15-years category.
Curran earned his first international selection for Great Britain in the San Sebastian Europa Cup match. Although he rose to prominence in time trails and track events, he soon established himself as one of Britain's top road racers. In 1982 he rode for England in the Girvan pro/am three-day and was the highest placed British amateur on overall classification finishing 5th the race was won by Tony Doyle. However his season was still primarily based around track events.
Impressive results, winning several national track events led to selection for the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. He competed on the track in the 10-mile scratch event and team pursuit. He won his first commonwealth medal taking the bronze medal in the team pursuit. Curran continued to perform well on the track and competed at the World Championships in 1983 in the team pursuit and 50 km point's race.
In 1984 he showed his versatility winning the Girvan three-day overall classification was well as the King of the Mountains and sprint competition. Later that season he competed in the 1984 Olympic Games in the team pursuit and points race. In 1985 Curran began focusing more on road racing, retaining his title in the Girvan three-day and was 4th overall in the Milk Race. He was also 3rd in the British Road Race Championship behind Jeff Williams and Paul Watson. After winning the Premier Calendar series and he competed in his first World road race championships in which he finished 29th.
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