Matt Walls

Matthew Thomas Walls (born 20 April 1998) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Walls won the gold medal in the men's omnium event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Walls was involved in an accident during the 2022 Commonwealth Games when his bike was catapulted over the barriers and into the spectators.

Road

 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification, Junior Tour of Wales


 * 2018
 * Flèche du Sud
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 5
 * 1st Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour


 * 2019
 * 1st Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
 * 2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 2nd Arno Wallaard Memorial
 * 3rd Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
 * 10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships


 * 2021 (2 pro wins)
 * 1st Gran Piemonte
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway


 * 2024
 * 2nd Circuit race, National Championships

Track

 * 2016
 * UEC European Junior Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Rhys Britton)
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Points race
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Matt Bostock)


 * 2017
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Ethan Hayter)
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Omnium
 * 2nd Team pursuit


 * 2018
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination, UEC European Championships
 * 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Omnium
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
 * 3rd Scratch


 * 2019
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Fred Wright)
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Omnium
 * 2nd Points race
 * 2nd Team pursuit


 * 2020
 * UEC European Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Elimination
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Omnium, UCI World Championships


 * 2021
 * Olympic Games
 * 1st Gold medal olympic.svg Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Madison (with Ethan Hayter)

Honours and awards
Walls was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Oldham on 8 September 2021.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.