Zachary Bell


Country
Birth date
Age
14/11/1982 - WHITEHORSE (CAN) 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
175 cm / 5'9" 
75 kg / 165 lbs 
M
Sport
BELL Zachary

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Olympic Games

Year Venue Points Race Madison
2008 Beijing, CHN 7 12

World Championships

Year Venue Points Race Scratch Omnium
2011/2012 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 2
2010/2011 Apeldoorn, NED 6
2009/2010 Ballerup, DEN 17 11
2008/2009 Pruszkow, POL 9 16 2

World Cup Overview 2008 - 2012

Year Venue Points Race Scratch Omnium
2011/2012 London, GBR 3
2011/2012 Cali, COL 2
2010/2011 Beijing, CHN 2
2010/2011 Cali, COL 3
2010/2011 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 2
2009/2010 Beijing, CHN 1 1
2008/2009 Beijing, CHN 2
2008/2009 Cali, COL 1

World Cup (Ranking)

Year Points Race Scratch Omnium
2011/2012 4
2010/2011 5 1
2009/2010 3 2
2008/2009 4 4

Hobbies

Skiing, drawing, playing guitar. (zerailleur.com, 2012)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Architecture - University of Calgary, Canada

Family

Wife Rebecca

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Team SpiderTech, Canada

Coach

Richard Wooles [national track] (canadian-cycling.com, 20 Feb 2011)

Sporting relatives

He competed in freestyle wrestling for 10 years before taking up cycling. (zerailleur.com, 2012)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He started competing in 2002 in Calgary. (Commonwealth Media Guide, 2006)

Reason for taking up this sport
He first tried cycling as a means of training to improve his wrestling. He trained on a bike over summer and was convinced to switch sports. (Commonwealth Media Guide, 2006)

Ambitions
To compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London before becoming world champion by 2016. (agendasports.ca, 2012)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Inflicting pain on others by inflicting pain on yourself." (agendasports.ca, 2012)

Awards
In 2006 he was voted the top Canadian track cyclist by Pedal Magazine. (agendasports.ca, 2012)

General
AMBASSADOR
He is ambassador for the ActNow BC, to help promote environment awareness. (agendasport.ca, 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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