Nicholas Paul

Trinidadian track cyclist (born 1998)

For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Nick Paul.

Nicholas Paul

Nicholas Paul in 2018

Personal information
Born|  (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 26)
Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago
Height| 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Discipline| Track
Role| Rider
Rider type| Sprinter

Medal record

Men's track cycling
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
World Championships
| 2021 Roubaix | 1 km time trial
| 2023 Glasgow | Sprint
Pan American Games
| 2019 Lima | Sprint
| 2023 Santiago | Sprint
| 2023 Santiago | Keirin
Pan American Championships
| 2018 Aguascalientes | Team sprint
| 2019 Cochabamba | Sprint
| 2019 Cochabamba | Team sprint
| 2022 Lima | Sprint
| 2022 Lima | Team sprint
| 2022 Lima | Keirin
| 2023 San Juan | Sprint
| 2023 San Juan | Keirin
| 2024 Carson | Sprint
| 2024 Carson | Keirin
| 2025 Asunción | Sprint
| 2025 Asunción | 1 km time trial
| 2025 Asunción | Team sprint
| 2017 Couva | Team sprint
| 2018 Aguascalientes | Sprint
| 2023 San Juan | Team sprint
| 2025 Asunción | Keirin
| 2018 Aguascalientes | 1 km time trial
Commonwealth Games
| 2022 Birmingham | Keirin
| 2022 Birmingham | Sprint
| 2022 Birmingham | 1 km time trial

Nicholas Paul (born 23 September 1998) is a Trinidadian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events.[1][2] He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.

## Career

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On 6 September 2019, Paul set a flying 200m world record of 9.100 seconds at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Coachabamba, Bolivia.[3] The previous record of 9.347 seconds by France's Francois Pervis had stood since 2013.[4]

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in the quarterfinals of the sprint competition, Paul won his first ride against Denis Dmitriev (ROC) but was disqualified in the second ride for not holding his line in the final sprint. Paul went on to lose the third ride controversially when Dmitriev cut in front of him in the sprinter's lane but the appeal from the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee was denied.[5]

In September 2021, Paul participated in the UCI Track Nations Cycling Cup, coming away with triple Golds in the Kilo Time Trial, Keirin & Sprints.[6][7][8] In October of that year, Paul earned a silver in the Kilo Time Trial at the UCI World Championships.[9]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Paul took gold in the keirin, beating Jack Carlin of Scotland and Shah Sahrom of Malaysia. His victory ended Trinidad and Tobago's 52-year wait for a medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games.[10] He also won a silver medal in the sprint event.[11] He also won a bronze medal in the 1km Time Trial event.[12]

## Major results

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2015
1st Kilometer, Junior National Track Championships
2017
1st Sprint, National Track Championships
2nd  Team sprint, Pan American Track Championships (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
2018
Central American and Caribbean Games

1st  Kilometer
1st  Sprint
1st  Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
Pan American Track Championships

1st  Team sprint (with Kwesi Browne & Njisane Phillip)
2nd  Sprint
3rd  Kilometer

2021
UCI Nations Cup

1st  Kilometer[6]
1st  Keirin[7]
1st  Sprint[8]
UCI World Track Championships

2nd  Kilometer[9]
4th Keirin[13]

2022
Commonwealth Games

1st  Keirin
2nd  Sprint
3rd  1km Time Trial

2023
2nd  Sprint, UCI World Track Championships[8]

## See also

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* List of world records in track cycling
* List of Track Cycling Nations Cup medalists

## References

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1. ^ "Nicholas Paul". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
2. ^ "Nicholas Paul". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
3. ^ Ali, Azad (27 September 2019). "T&T cyclist shatters world record". Caribbean Life. New York. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
4. ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale – Men Elite – World Records" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. ^ "Paul's Olympic medal hopes ends with violation call". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
6. ^ a b "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's 1Km Time Trial- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
7. ^ a b "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's Keirin- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
8. ^ a b c "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup – Cali – Men's Sprint- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
9. ^ a b "HI-HO SILVER! Paul bags T&T's first 'Worlds' medal in 30 years". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
10. ^ "Paul pedals to historic Commonwealth keirin gold". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
11. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's Sprint results". BBC Sport. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
12. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's 1km Time Trial results". August 2022.
13. ^ "After historic Worlds performance, Nicholas Paul hunts UCI Champions League success". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicholas Paul.

* Nicholas Paul at Cycling Archives
* Nicholas Paul at CycleBase
* Nicholas Paul at Olympedia