Emily Nelson Explained

Emily Nelson
Birth Date:	10 November 1996
Birth Place:	Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England^[1]
Discipline:	Track
Role:	Rider
Amateurteam1:	Lichfield City Cycling Team^[2]
Show-Medals:	yes

Emily Nelson (born 10 November 1996) is a former English professional racing cyclist. Her sister, Josie, is also a cyclist and joined Trinity Racing for the 2021 season.^[3]

Career

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Nelson 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 Kay. 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.^[4]

On the road in 2017, Nelson won the third round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Northwich.^[5] Nelson followed this up by finishing second at the Lincoln Grand Prix which was part of the National Women's Road Series.^[6]

Major results

2013

1st Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

2014

1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships

2015

Revolution

1st Scratch Race - Round 2 - Manchester

1st Scratch Race - Round 4 – Glasgow

2nd Scratch Race - Round 3, London

2016

UCI Track World Cup

1st Team pursuit (Glasgow)

2nd Team pursuit (Hong Kong)

3rd Points race

UEC European Track Championships

2nd Madison race (with Emily Kay)

3rd Team pursuit

UEC European Under–23 Track Championships

1st Team pursuit

2nd Points race

Revolution

1st Points race - Round 2, Glasgow

2nd Points race - Round 6, Manchester

2nd Scratch race - Round 2, Glasgow

3rd Scratch race - Round 6, Manchester

Revolution Champions League

1st Points race - Round 1, Manchester

2nd Omnium - Round 1, Manchester

2017

6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola

1st Madison (with Katie Archibald)

2nd Points Race

2nd Scratch Race

National Track Championships

1st Team pursuit^[7]

2nd Individual pursuit^[8]

2nd Points race^[9]

3rd Omnium^[10]

2nd Madison race, UCI Track World Championships (with Elinor Barker)

UCI Track World Cup

2nd Madison, Round 1, Pruszków (with Elinor Barker)^[11]

3rd Team Pursuit, Round 1, Pruszków (with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Manon Lloyd)^[12]

3rd Overall Six Days of London

1st Madison (with Neah Evans)

3rd Scratch Race

3rd Points Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow

2019

UEC European Track Championships

1st Scratch race

2nd Elimination race

Notes and References

Web site: Emily Nelson : Cycling. Team England.
Web site: Emily Nelson Profile : Cycling. ProCyclingUK.
Web site: Josie Nelson interview: stepping up . The British Continental . 16 May 2021.
Web site: Great Britain's juniors take two world titles and a new world record in Glasgow. Abby Burton. 9 August 2013. 9 August 2013.
Web site: Emily Nelson takes first Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series victory for Team Breeze. 14 May 2017.
Web site: Thrilling finale gives Barnes Lincoln Grand Prix win in enthralling HSBC UK - National Women's Road Series race. 14 May 2017.
Web site: Women's Team Pursuit results . British Cycling . 5 March 2018.
Web site: Women's Individual Pursuit results . British Cycling . 5 March 2018.
Web site: Women's Points Race.
Web site: Cycling: Katie Archibald leads way in Arena showpiece. 5 February 2017. 12 February 2017.
Web site: Track World Cup Final day: Larsen wins men's omnium . . 5 November 2017 . . 6 November 2017.
Web site: Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow . . 4 November 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 7 November 2017.