Kian Emadi Explained

Kian Emadi-Coffin
Birth Date:1992 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height:1.87 m
Weight:84 kg
Discipline:Track cycling
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Endurance
Sprinter (formerly)
Proyears1:2012–present
Proteam1:Sky Track Cycling
Majorwins:
Track
Show-Medals:no

Kian Emadi-Coffin (born 29 July 1992) is a former[1] British track cyclist.[2] He has represented Great Britain and England at international level, and is a three-time British National Track champion. Originally a sprinter, he transferred following injury to the endurance squad, and in 2018 won a gold medal as part of the team pursuit squad for Great Britain at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Career

Born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Emadi-Coffin started cycling competitively at the age of 13, and raced in many disciplines (track, road and cyclo-cross), before concentrating on the sprint disciplines of track racing. Emadi moved to Manchester at the age of 18 as a member of the British Cycling Podium Programme.[3]

He represented Great Britain at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] He won his first senior medal, a silver in the team sprint, at the latter event.

After suffering a back injury in September 2014, which limited the amount of gym work he could do to attempt to secure a place in the British team sprint squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Emadi-Coffin switched to the endurance squad.[5]

In December 2022, following the recurrence of a back injury, Emadi-Coffin stepped away from the British team, and retired as a professional cyclist shortly afterwards.[6]

Personal life

Emadi-Coffin, born to an American academic mother and an Iranian father, attended St Peter's Church of England High School and then moved to St Joseph's College Sixth Form in Stoke to study for A-levels.

Major results

Track

2009
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Sprint
  • 1st Kilo
  • 3rd Keirin
  • Apeldoorn Interland
  • 1st Team sprint
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 2nd Elimination
  • 3rd Keirin
    2010
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Kilo
  • 1st Keirin
  • 2nd Sprint
    2011
  • 3rd Team sprint, National Championships
  • Revolution 33 – 2nd Sprint, Revolution Series
    2012
  • 1st Kilo, National Championships
  • 2nd Kilo, UCI World Cup, Cali
  • 2nd Sprint omnium, Six Days of Bremen
    2013
  • National Championships
  • 1st Kilo
  • 1st Team sprint
  • 1st Team sprint, Cottbuser Nächte
  • UCI World Cup
  • 2nd Team sprint, Aguascalientes
  • 3rd Team sprint, Manchester
  • Dutch Summer Trophy, Alkmaar
  • 2nd Kilo
  • 3rd Sprint
    2014
  • 2nd Team sprint, Commonwealth Games
    2016
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Hong Kong
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    2017
  • 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester
    2018
  • 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
    2019
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2021
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kian Emadi steps away from the Great Britain Cycling Team, after 12 years on the programme . 2023-08-09 . British Cycling . en.
    2. Web site: Kian Emadi . Britishcycling.org.uk . 29 July 1992 . 21 February 2013.
    3. Web site: Kian Emadi biography . 29 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706183101/http://kianemadi.com/page2.htm . 6 July 2017 . dead .
    4. Web site: Cycling . UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013: Kian Emadi aiming to fire Britain to track cycling glory in Minsk . Telegraph . 20 February 2013.
    5. Web site: Cycling: Kian Emadi back on track after switch from sprint to endurance . Smith . Pete . 23 January 2016 . . 29 May 2016.
    6. Web site: Kian Emadi steps away from the Great Britain Cycling Team, after 12 years on the programme . 2023-08-09 . British Cycling . en.