David Daniell (cyclist)

David Daniell (born 23 December 1989 in Middlesbrough ) is an English competitive cyclist, specialising in track sprinting. A member of the British Cycling Olympic Academy, he is a Junior World Team Sprint Champion for the second year running.

Daniell began cycling after being spotted at his school in British Cycling's Go-Ride scheme. He was nominated for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2006 and was awarded Junior Sport's Personality of the Year at the 11th annual Evening Gazette Sports Awards 2007.

His first victory in a World Cup event was in October 2008, when he beat Yevgen Bolibrukh of Ukraine. He took the victory in the kilo event with a time of 1:01.996, a clear margin of over a second over the rest of the field.

After winning a silver medal in the Keirin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Daniell underwent knee surgery that kept him out of training for 15 weeks. Subsequently, he badly twisted his leg while riding on the road in autumn 2012, resulting in him losing 40 percent of the cartilage in his joint. He was dropped from the British team before Christmas 2012 as he was not performing at the same level as before his injury.

In 2013, he moved from Middlesbrough to East Kilbride, taking up a part-time position as a coach at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow. He has said that he aimed to qualify for the English team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but that he hoped to represent Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as he will have been resident in the country long enough.

Palmarès

 * 2005
 * British National Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint (U16)
 * 5th 500m TT (U16)


 * 2006
 * UCI Junior Track World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team Sprint (with Jason Kenny & Christian Lyte)
 * 23rd 1km time trial
 * European Track Championships
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg 1km time trial, Junior
 * 5th Team Sprint, Junior
 * British National Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg 3km Pursuit (Junior)
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin (Junior)
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg 1km time trial (Junior)
 * 7th Sprint (Junior)
 * 17th Team Sprint (with Jason Kenny & Dave Le Grys)


 * 2007
 * 1st 1km time trial, 2008–2009 UCI Track World Cup, Round 1, Manchester
 * European Track Championships
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Sprint, Junior
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team Sprint, Junior
 * 11th Keirin, Junior
 * British National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint (Junior)
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 1km time trial (Junior)
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin (Junior)
 * UCI Junior Track World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin
 * 5th Kilo
 * 8th Team Sprint


 * 2009
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Under-23 Team Sprint, European Track Championships
 * UCI Track Cycling World Cup
 * 2nd 1km time trial
 * 32nd Team Sprint
 * 12th 1km time trial, UCI Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2010
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin, Commonwealth Games
 * 7th Kilo, UCI Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2011
 * British National Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team Sprint