Alex Edmondson

Alex Edmondson

Edmondson at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Edmondson
Nickname	Edmo
Born	(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 Miri, Malaysia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Orica–BikeExchange
Discipline	Track and Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprints, team pursuit
Professional team(s)
2016—	Orica–GreenEDGE
Medal record Track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013 Minsk Team Pursuit 2014 Cali Individual Pursuit 2014 Cali Team Pursuit 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team Pursuit 2014 Glasgow Individual Pursuit Road bicycle racing Representing Orica–GreenEDGE World Championships 2016 Doha Team Time Trial
Infobox last updated on 10 October 2016

Alexander Edmondson (born 22 December 1993) is an Australian track cyclist who was in the Australian Olympic Track Cycling Team 2012 London Olympics, alongside his sister, Annette Edmondson. In 2014 he was world champion in the individual pursuit. He won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Early life and amateur career

Edmondson was born above a Chinese coffee shop in Borneo. He lived in both the Netherlands and the Sultanate of Oman before returning to Australia at the end of 1998. Alex and his sister both attended St. John's Grammar School, in the Adelaide Hills. At the age of 18, Edmondson became the 2nd youngest cyclist ever to be selected for an Australian Olympic Team.^[1] With his sister Annette they became the first brother and sister combination to be selected to represent Australia at the same Olympics. For recognition of his achievements Edmondson was awarded a scholarship with the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.^[1] In 2013 he won the South Australian Sports Star of the Year award. Previous winners have included Lleyton Hewitt, Sir Donald Bradman and Malcolm Blight. In March 2014 Edmondson competed in the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia winning two World Titles in the individual pursuit and team pursuit. A few months later Edmondson won the Gold Medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. He is also a dual Junior World Champion where his records still stand today.

Professional career

In January 2015 it was reported in the Adelaide Advertiser that Alex had signed his first UCI World Tour contract with Australian road cycling team Orica-GreenEdge for seasons 2016 & 2017

I know I have achieved a fair bit at a young age, but I want to be remembered as a true sportsman, someone who always gave their all and never forgot those who have helped me achieve my results. I also want to be remembered for making time for younger athletes and being supportive of them. I know from personal experience how much impact having a mentor can have on a young athlete starting out

— Alexander Edmondson

Edmondson believes it's critical that he is a champion both on and off the bike, and has become increasingly involved in community events since he returned from the Olympics. Edmondson volunteers his time at local high schools mentoring and speaking with students encouraging them to get the best out of themselves. He talks about goal setting, pain is a short term hindrance and how important challenging yourself is. He has been a guest speaker at a number of events, including the Australian Cycling Executives (ACE), Cancer Council Breakfast, AOC Talk with a Champ program and also an event called the Faces of the World Dinner for 400 people promoting multiculturalism and strength in diversity within South Australia.

Major results

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile at Cycling Australia
• Profile at Australian Olympic Team
• Profile at London2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 July 2012)
• Alex Edmondson profile at ProCyclingStats
• Alex Edmondson profile at Cycling Archives
• Alex Edmondson profile at Cycling Quotient

UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's individual pursuit
1946: Gerard Peters 1947: Fausto Coppi 1948: Gerrit Schulte 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950–51: Antonio Bevilacqua 1952–53: Sid Patterson 1954–56: Guido Messina 1957–59: Roger Rivière 1960–61: Rudi Altig 1962: Henk Nijdam 1963: Leandro Faggin 1964: Ferdinand Bracke 1965–66: Leandro Faggin 1967: Tiemen Groen 1968: Hugh Porter 1969: Ferdinand Bracke 1970: Hugh Porter 1971: Dirk Baert 1972–73: Hugh Porter 1974–75: Roy Schuiten 1976: Francesco Moser 1977–78: Gregor Braun 1979: Bert Oosterbosch 1980: Tony Doyle 1981–82: Alain Bondue 1983: Steele Bishop 1984–85: Hans-Henrik Ørsted 1986: Tony Doyle 1987: Hans-Henrik Ørsted 1988: Lech Piasecki 1989: Colin Sturgess 1990: Viatcheslav Ekimov 1991: Francis Moreau 1992: Mike McCarthy 1993: Graeme Obree 1994: Chris Boardman 1995: Graeme Obree 1996: Chris Boardman 1997–98: Philippe Ermenault 1999: Robert Bartko 2000: Jens Lehmann 2001: Alexander Symonenko 2002: Bradley McGee 2003: Bradley Wiggins 2004: Sergi Escobar 2005–06: Robert Bartko 2007–08: Bradley Wiggins 2009–10: Taylor Phinney 2011: Jack Bobridge 2012–13: Michael Hepburn 2014: Alex Edmondson 2015: Stefan Küng 2016: Filippo Ganna

UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1993: Australia (Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessy) 1994: Germany (Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo) 1995: Australia (Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessy) 1996: Italy (Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini) 1997: Italy (Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli) 1998: Ukraine (Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Olexandr Klimenko) 1999: Germany (Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst) 2000: Germany (Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann) 2001: Ukraine (Alexander Symonenko, Sergeï Tscherniowsky, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko) 2002: Australia (Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts) 2003: Australia (Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts) 2004: Australia (Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge) 2005: Great Britain (Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton) 2006: Australia (Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge) 2007: Great Britain (Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins) 2008: Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins) 2009: Denmark (Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv (qualifying round only)) 2010: Australia (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer) 2011: Australia (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge) 2012: Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant (qualifying round only)) 2013: Australia (Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan) 2014: Australia (Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson (qualifying round only)) 2015: New Zealand (Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan) 2016: Australia (Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson Alexander Porter, Luke Davison (qualifying round only))