Career
Born in Ashford, Kent, Staff first got started in when he was 9 years old, after seeing friends riding. As was not an Olympic sport at the time, he turned his attention to track cycling. He qualified for the Great Britain Cycling Team at the first attempt.
A natural competitor, he revels in the combative nature of the Sprint and the Keirin, though his stand-out rides so far have been in the Team Sprint and The Kilogramme
In 2004 he competed at the Athens Olympics in the Keirin and team sprint, but not medalling in either. He finally tasted success again in the World Record-breaking British team sprint trio at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Staff was responsible for the fastest ever first lap in a team sprint. He announced his retirement from racing on 28 March 2010.
In June it was announced that he would be joining United States of America Cycling to manage the United States of America national track sprint program
Staff plans to set up a Youth Cycling Academy in Kent, United Kingdom in the near future which he will travel to and from the United States and regularly oversee, the aim being to encourage new British talent. Staff was one of the many imports competing in the United States national American Bar Association (American Bicycle Association) and NBL (National Bicycle League) series, and regularly made Associate of Arts Pro mains (winning NBL Pro National#1 (Elite) Men (Associate of Arts) in 2001), (winning the World title in 1996) until 2001 when he decided to concentrate on track cycling. Staff still participates in occasionally (as in the 2002, X Games VIII -Downhill).
2002 Gold Team Sprint, World Championships
2003 Silver Sprint, National Championships
2003 Silver Sprint, World Cup, Mexico
2003 Gold Kilometre, World Cup, Mexico
2003 Gold Team Sprint, World Cup, South Africa
2004 Gold Keirin, UCI Track World Championships, Melbourne
2005 Gold Team Sprint, World Championships
2004 Bronze Team Sprint, World Championships, Melbourne
2006 Silver Team Sprint UCI Track World Championship Team Sprint
2007 Bronze UCI Track World Championship Kilometre
2008 Silver UCI Track World Championships Team Sprint
2008 Gold Team Sprint, Olympic Games, Beijing
2009 Silver UCI Track World Championships Team Sprint.