Matthew Rotherham
MBE
Personal information
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994
Bolton, England
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Team information
Current teamSportcity Velo
DisciplineTrack Sprint
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's para cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTandem B kilo
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTandem B sprint
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTandem B kilo
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTandem B sprint

Matthew Rotherham MBE (born 1994) is a British male track cyclist.[1] Following a career as an elite abled bodied cyclist, he transferred to Paralympic track cycling as a sighted pilot in the visually impaired (B) classification. In 2021, he piloted Neil Fachie to Paralympic gold in the men's track time trial B classification. The pair are also Commonwealth Games champions in 2018, and five-time World champions in the discipline.

Cycling career

Rotherham is a five times British champion after winning the time trial Championship at the 2019 British National Track Championships and the 2022 British National Track Championships[2][3] and three British National Tandem Sprint Championships gold medals.

He also piloted Neil Fachie of Scotland to gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the tandem sprint B and tandem 1km time trial B.[4]

Rotherham was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Cycling Archives.
  2. ↑ "2019 results". British Cycling.
  3. ↑ "British Track Championships Day 2". Velo UK. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Rotherham Cycling". Team Scotland.
  5. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N24.
  6. ↑ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.


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