{{Short description|Canadian cyclist (born 2004)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jonas Walton | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|3|6|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jonas-walton|website=Pro Cycling Stats|title=Jonas Walton|accessdate=18 January 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = | height = 1.80 m | weight = 68kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|PEC}} | disciplines = {{ubl|[[Road bicycle racing|Road]]}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2021–2022 | amateurteam1 = Hot Tubes Cycling | proyears1 = 2023–2024 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TEC|2023}} | proyears2 = 2025– | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PEC|2025}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Jonas Walton''' (born 6 March 2004) is a Canadian/American professional cyclist who rides for [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|PEC}}. In 2022, he broke the [[List of world junior records in track cycling|junior]] [[hour record]]. His father is Olympic silver medalist cyclist [[Brian Walton (cyclist)|Brian Walton]].
==Early life== Jonas Walton was a keen middle distance runner until injury forced him to pursue lower impact pursuits. He attended [[Belmont Abbey College]] in [[Belmont, North Carolina]] with a major in economics and a minor in Data Analytics.<ref name="canada"/>
==Career== Walton set a new the [[List of world junior records in track cycling|junior]] [[hour record]] with a distance of 50.792 km on 17 October 2022 in [[Aguascalientes]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walton breaks Hour Record for juniors, sets new USA mark|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/walton-breaks-hour-record-for-juniors-sets-new-usa-mark/|website=cyclingnews.com|first=Laura |last=Weislo|date=17 October 2022|accessdate=18 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wrdw.com/2022/11/02/columbia-co-cyclist-breaks-us-junior-world-record/?outputType=amp|website=wrdw.com|accessdate=18 January 2025|title= Columbia County bicyclist breaks U.S. Junior World record|first=William|last=Rioux|date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
He rode on 2023 and 2024 on the Continental level with the Canadian Team Ecoflo Chronos.<ref name="canada"/> In 2024, he won the Canadian U23 time trial national championship and won pair of gold medals on the road at USA Cycling Collegiate nationals, winning both the Varsity criterium and individual time trial. <ref name="canada"/> He was part of the Canadian team that finished seventh in the [[2024 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|Mixed team relay]] at the [[2024 UCI Road World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Cycling News|accessdate=18 January 2025|title= UCI Road World Championships: Australia wins Mixed Relay TTT by a fraction of a second to secure world title|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2024/mixed-relay-team-time-trial/results/#|first=Alasdair|last=Fotheringham|date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> He was also selected for the U23 road race and U23 individual time trial.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/canadian-team-announced-for-the-2024-uci-road-worlds/|website=cyclingmagazine.ca|accessdate=18 January 2025|title= Canadian team announced for the 2024 UCI road worlds|first=Matt|last=Hansen|date=18 September 2024}}</ref>
Ahead of the 2025 season he signed to ride for [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|PEC}}.<ref name="canada"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bassett-mcgill-rhim-return-to-project-echelon-racings-15-rider-roster-to-replicate-results/|website=Cycling News|accessdate=18 January 2025|title= Bassett, McGill, Rhim return to Project Echelon Racing's 15-rider roster to 'replicate results'|first=Jackie|last= Tyson|date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== His parents are Dana Gygory Walton, an eight time world champion at UCI Masters Track World Championships, and former Canadian road race champion and Olympic medalist [[Brian Walton (cyclist)|Brian Walton]]. He has dual citizenship of the USA and Canada.<ref name="canada">{{cite web|date=18 January 2025|title= Track and field injury 'best thing to happen' that led Jonas Walton to junior Hour Record and new road focus|first=Jackie |last=Tyson|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/track-and-field-injury-best-thing-to-happen-that-led-jonas-walton-to-junior-hour-record-and-new-road-focus/|website=Cycling News|accessdate=18 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/brian-waltons-son-just-smashed-the-u-s-junior-hour-record/|website=cyclingmagazine.ca|accessdate=18 January 2025|title= Brian Walton's son just smashed the U.S. junior hour record|first=Matt|last=Hansen|date=18 October 2022}}</ref>
==Major results== ;2021 : 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duer ;2022 : 3rd [[United States National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], American National Junior Road Championships : 9th Overall {{ill|Tour de DMZ|fr}} ;2023 : 3rd [[Canadian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd [[Chrono des Nations]] Under-23 ;2024 : 1st {{cjersey|canada}} [[Canadian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], Canadian National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall [[Tour of the Gila]] ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification ;2025 : 6th [[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial|Time trial]], [[2025 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Under-23 Championships]]
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