Lauren Ellis (cyclist)
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Born | 19 April 1989 Ashburton, New Zealand | (age 35)
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | Pursuitist |
Medal record |
Lauren Ellis (born 19 April 1989) is a New Zealand former road and track cyclist.
Career
Ellis rode the team pursuit at the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing with Kaytee Boyd and Alison Shanks, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers.[1] They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.[2]
In 2009, she won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit World Championships with Jaime Nielsen and Alison Shanks.
Ellis won a silver medal in the women's points race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 World Championships.[3]
She won bronze at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Team Pursuit, setting a world record.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit. The New Zealand team placed 5th and set the current national record of 3:18.514.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit and Omnium. The New Zealand team placed 4th and set a national record of 4:17.592 during the first round. Ellis also placed 4th in the Omnium.
Major results
- 2006
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
- 2007
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
- 3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
- 2008
- 1st Points race, National Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 2009
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2010
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race, Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2011
- Oceania Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
- 8th Individual pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Points race, National Track Championships
- 1st Omnium, Invercargill
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit (with Jaime Nielsen, Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams)
- 1st Scratch, National Track Championships
- BikeNZ Classic
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Omnium
- 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Cup
- 2015
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of America's Dairyland
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Omnium, Super Drome Cup
- 2016
- Festival of Speed
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
References
- ^ Alistair McMurran (19 January 2009). "Cycling: Campaign starts with World Cup win". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ "Team pursuit gold for NZ women". Otago Daily Times. 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Lauren Ellis". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
External links
- Lauren Ellis at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Lauren Ellis at ProCyclingStats