Career

Crampton specializes in track sprinting and has competed in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin and kilo events. 2007 saw Crampton take the silver medal in the keirin and bronze in the team sprint at the European Track Championships, this time riding in the under 23 category. His first success internationally was a bronze medal in the keirin at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester.

On 15 November 2008 he competed in the Revolution 21 event in Manchester.

Other riders present were Jason Kenny, Ross Edgar and Jamie Staff.

Achievements

• Born in Manchester, Crampton won the junior sprint and keirin events at the 2004 European Track Championships. Crampton competed at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Bendigo, Australia in 2004, winning a silver medal in the keirin. He went on to take the silver medal as a member of England"s Team Sprint squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He won a bronze medal in the individual sprint at the first round of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics at Manchester on 1 November 2008. He also won the Japanese Keirin Association Race the next day. He won both events he was entered in, the Sprint and the Keirin. He won silver in the men"s team sprint at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with teammates Jamie Staff and Jason Kenny. He also won silver in the same event two years later with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, after the French squad were stripped of the world title and the British team were promoted from their original bronze medals. He won gold in keirin and placed second at team sprint in Aguascalientes at 2013-2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup.

Membership

He is a member of British Cycling"s Olympic Podium Programme, he has represented Great Britain at a number of major events.