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Paul McHugh (born 12 July 1967, Darwen) is a former English track sprint cyclist, 14 times British track champion, and winner of 2 World Series. On retiring from the sport in 1995, McHugh began a career directing and producing Visual Effects. After serving 7 years as Animation Director in the games industry at Acclaim, Sony Psynosis and Rage Software, he launched his own VFX company, Carbon Digital. Sprint cyclistFrom an early age, he competed at international level for his country, winning 14 British titles in just 10 years. He remains the only track cyclist to have won both the Junior and Senior National Sprint title in the same year, (1984), achieved at just 17 years of age. He rode for clubs including: Kirkby Cycling Club, Mersey Road Club and Manchester Wheelers, and began riding for the British team in 1984. Paul was talent spotted by Eddie Soens when he was just 15. Eddie Soens coached Paul throughout his career, seeing him win several British titles. He represented Great Britain at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, Grand Prix of London (won 3 times: 1987, 1988, 1989), Grand Prix Leicester (1984, 1986) and won 14 National Championship titles from 1984 to 1994. Paul turned professional in 1989, riding for Pirelli. Visual effects directorPaul has directed commercials, films and Visual effects including:
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