Ross Edgar
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Ross Edgar is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland
Scotland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Scotland sent a team of 207 athletes and 85 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.In the Manchester Games Scotland won 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze medals.-Gold:Cycling:Gymnastics:Judo:...

 at the 2002
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...

 and 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...

, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy
Chris Hoy
Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner...

 and Craig MacLean
Craig MacLean
Craig MacLean is a Scottish track cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a Silver Medal in the Team Sprint at the 2000 Olympics....

. He competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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He won a silver medal at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the Keirin
Keirin
is a track cycling event in which racing cyclists sprint for victory. Keirin originated in Japan in 1948; the first Olympic competitions in the sport occurred in 2000....

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He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

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Although he represents Scotland internationally he was born and lives in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Results

2010
British National Team Sprint Championships
British National Team Sprint Championships
The British National Team Sprint Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. A women's championship was held for the first time in 2008.-Results:-Women:-References:******...

Gold
World Track Championships, Copenhagen
Bronze, Team Sprint

2008
Olympics
Silver, Men's Keirin
World Track Championships, Manchester
Silver, Team Sprint

2007
World Track Championships, Majorca
Silver, Team Sprint
Bronze, Men's Keirin

2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)
Silver, Mens Sprint
Bronze, Mens Keirin

2005
European Track Championships (under-23)
Silver, Sprint

2004
European Track Championships (under-23)
Gold, Sprint

2002
Commonwealth Games, Manchester
Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)

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