Brian Walton (cyclist)
 Brian Walton riding in the Canadian road champion jersey for 7-Eleven in the 1988 Tour de White Rock, White Rock, BC. | ||
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Competitor for  Canada
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Brian Walton's official 7-11 team press photo from 1989.
Brian Clifford Walton (born December 18, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a cycling coach and former Canadian professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in 1988, 1996 and 2000. He won a silver medal in the points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Walton was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Walton is a partner at Cadence Performance Cycling Center in Philadelphia.
Teams
- 1987-1991 Team 7-Eleven
- 1991-1993 Team Motorola
- 1993-2000 Team Saturn
- 2000-2003 Team Snow Valley (Coach)
Palmares
- Olympic Silver Medalist – Points Race 1996
- 3-time Olympic Team Member (1988, 1996, 2000)
- 3-time Pan American Games Gold Medalist
- 1995 Gold - Road race (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
- 1995 Gold - Points race
- 1995 Bronze - Pursuit
- 1999 Gold– Road race (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- 1995 Commonwealth Games bronze medal – scratch race
- 1989 Winner Milk Race (Tour of Britain)
- 1988 Winner International Dortmund Ritter
- 1991 Winner International Tour of Bavaria
- 1991 Winner Stage 6 (time trial) Tour du Pays Basque
- 10-time national champion - road and track
- 6-time winner Tour de White Rock
References
- Canadian Olympic Committee
- BC Sports Hall of Fame
- Cadence Cycling
- 2000 Summer Olympics Bio
- sports-reference
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