Emily Kay

Emily Kay

Kay in 2016
Personal information
Born (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995
Team information
Current team Team Breeze
Discipline Track cycling
Infobox last updated on
23 October 2016

Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a British female track cyclist, representing Great Britain at international competitions.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Kay competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.[2]

Major results

2013
1st Team pursuit, Juniors Track World Championships
2016
Track Cycling World Cup
1st Omnium, Round 1 (Glasgow)
1st Team pursuit, Round 1 (Glasgow)
2nd Omnium, Round 2 (Apeldoorn)
European Track Championships
2nd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
European Track Championships (U23)
1st Team pursuit
3rd Omnium

References

  1. Abby Burton (9 August 2013). "Great Britain's juniors take two world titles and a new world record in Glasgow". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. "European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.


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