Birth of Bradley Wiggins
Birth of Bradley Wiggins
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Bradley Wiggins Biography and Timeline
Follow Bradley Wiggins through 14 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Bradley Wiggins, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
14Distinct records
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1980–2009Years on this page
1980
1998
World Champion
Winner of the UCI U19 Track World Championships,Gold, 2km Individual Pursuit
2000
Bronze Medal
Winnner of a bronze medal as a member of the British team pursuit squad in his first Olympic appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2003
World Champion
Winner of the UCI Track World Championships Gold, 4km Individual Pursuit
2004
OBE
Wiggins is awarded an OBE for services to sport
Gold Medal
Wins the gold medal in the individual pursuit, the silver in the team pursuit and a bronze in the Madison. Wiggins becomes the first British athlete in 40 years to win three medals at one Olympic Games
2007
Criterium du Dauphine Libere
Wins the prologue of the Criterium du Dauphine Libere
Tour de France
Wiggins team is withdrawn after Cristian Moreni fails a doping test. Races in the 2007 Tour de France for Cofidis and takes 1st in the Prologue in London
2008
World Record
Member of Olympic team pursuit squad which breaks the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold
Gold Medal
On their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit break their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds
World Record
On their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit break their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds
Gold Medal
Wins a gold medal in the 4km Individual Pursuit, defending his title from four years earlier. In doing so he became the first rider ever to successfully defend his pursuit title at the Olympics
World Champion
At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, Wiggins wins three gold medals: Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit and Madison
2009
Tour de France
Finishes 4th overall
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.