Shane Perkins

Shane Perkins
Personal information
Full name Shane Perkins
Nickname Perko
Born (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986
Melbourne, Australia
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprint
Professional team(s)
2007– Team Jayco – Australia
Infobox last updated on
29 July 2014

Shane Perkins (born 30 December 1986) is an Australian professional track cyclist.

Biography

Perkins was born in Melbourne, the son of Daryl Perkins.[1] As a youngster, Perkins played cricket, football and basketball. He played basketball at a very high level aged 7 to 14, but did not enjoy it enough to continue. Perkins rode BMX for a short while and began cycling aged in 1999 with his father, who had himself been a successful cyclist.[2]

His first cycling club was the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club, and his first medal was won at the Victoria state championships at Northcote, it was a gold medal in the sprint event, where he beat friend and rival Michael Ford.[2] Within three months of taking up cycling, he had qualified to compete at the U15 Australian National Championships in Sydney, there he won two gold medals and broke two Australian records in the process. He went on to win 11 further National Championship titles between then and 2006, and broke another two Australian records.[3] He is an Australian Institute of Sport and Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Junior World championships

In Los Angeles in 2004, Perkins became the sprint and keirin junior World Champion.[3] He tested positive for methamphetamine following the Keirin final on 29 July, his case was heard in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in November 2004. The Court took into account extenuating circumstances, accepting that Perkins had used a stimulant inadvertently. A Cycling Australia statement said: "In America Perkins purchased a nasal inhaler of the same brand he regularly uses in Australia without realising it contained a different active ingredient, namely methamphetamine, which is on the banned list," Perkins' suspension ran for six months, from 16 November 2004.[4]

Commonwealth Games

Perkins was reselected to represent Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in his hometown, Melbourne. He won a bronze medal as part of Australia's team sprint squad, becoming the youngest ever Australian cyclist to win a Commonwealth Games medal.[3] He then went on to represent his country and claim the gold medal in the Men's individual sprint event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

London 2012

Perkins qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Perkins will be competing in the Men's Sprint, Men's Keirin, and Men's Team Sprint.[5]

Personal life

In February 2008, tension was brewing between Perkins and his rival for Olympic selection, Ryan Bayley. Both were deemed by the judges to be riding improperly at the Australian National Track Championships. Bayley crashed when Perkins moved down on him during a race, burning a hole in the back of his skinsuit. The relationship between the two riders was given another dimension, when Perkins announced his engagement to Bayley's younger sister, Kristine Bayley.[6]

Perkins and Kristine Bayley had a son, Aidan, in October 2008.[7][8] They were married in November 2009.[9]

Palmarès

2003
1st Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Juniors
1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Juniors
2004
1st Keirin, World Championships, Juniors
3rd Team Sprint, World Championships, Juniors
1st Sprint, World Championships, Juniors
2nd Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Juniors
1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Juniors
2006
3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
3rd Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships
2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships
3rd Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games
3rd Team Sprint, World Championships (with Ryan Bayley & Shane Kelly)
3rd Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
1st Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne (with Scott Sunderland & Joel Leonard)
2007
3rd Keirin, World Cup, Los Angeles
3rd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships
1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships (with Mark French & Joel Leonard)
2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships
1st Keirin, World Cup, Manchester
3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Manchester
2nd Sprint, Oceania Championships, Invercargill
3rd Keirin, Oceania Championships, Invercargill
2008
3rd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships
1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships (with Mark French & Shane Kelly)
2nd Sprint, World Cup, Manchester
1st Sprint, World Cup, Melbourne
2009
3rd Sprint, World Cup, Beijing
1st Keirin Oceania Championships AUS
1st Team Sprint Oceania Championships AUS
1st Keirin Australian Championships SA
1st Sprint Australian Championships SA
1st Team Sprint Australian Championships SA
1st Kilometre Time Trial Australian Championships SA
1st Austral Wheelrace VIC
2010
1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games
2011
1st Keirin, World Championships
2012
1st Team sprint, World Championships
2014
3rd Team sprint, Commonwealth Games

References

  1. ↑ "World Junior Track Championships". Cycling News. 29 July 2004.
  2. 1 2 "Biography". shaneperkins.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cycling Questions and Answers with Shane Perkins". Advanced Sports Nutrition.
  4. ↑ "Perkins loses one gold medal". Cycling News. 14 November 2004.
  5. ↑ "Shane Perkins". London 2012. 5 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tension Between Bayley and Perkins spills on to the track". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2008.
  7. ↑ Samantha Lane (16 November 2008). "Trouble aside, Perkins finds a track back". The AGE.
  8. ↑ Roger Vaughan (22 November 2008). "Perkins stars in track sprint final". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ↑ "Shane Perkins Hears The Bells Ringing". Herald Sun. 4 December 2009.

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