Shane Perkins
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Shane Perkins |
| Nickname | Perko |
| Born | 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 |
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Shane Perkins (born 30 December 1986) is an Australian professional track cyclist.
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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
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- 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
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- Official website
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Victorian Institute of Sport alumni
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
