Pooley in Montréal, May 2009. |
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| Full name | Emma Jane Pooley | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1982 Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Garmin-Cervélo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | GC-rider and Classics specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Cambridge University CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011– |
Team Fat Birds UK Team Specialized Designs for Women Cervélo TestTeam Garmin-Cervélo |
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Emma Jane Pooley (born 3 October 1982)[2] is an English professional cyclist and Olympic silver medallist currently (2010-2011) riding for Garmin-Cervélo. Pooley was the 2010 World Time Trial Champion and is a former British Road Race and Time Trial Champion.
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Born in Wandsworth, London,[3][4] Pooley grew up in Norwich, where she attended Norwich High School for Girls[5] and the sixth form of Norwich School.[6] She began studying for an engineering degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2001.[7][8]
She started cycling at university after suffering an injury from cross-country running. At Cambridge she won her university sporting blue for cross-country running and the triathlon.[9]
After a surprise fourth place in the national road championship in 2005, she was signed by Team Fat Birds UK.[3][10]
She went on to represent Britain in the 2007 UCI world championship and finished 8th in the time trial[11] and 9th in the road race. This earned Great Britain one of their places in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2008, she rode for Team Specialized Designs for Women [1] and won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda UCI Road World Cup in Italy.[12] She finished 23rd in the Olympic road race on 11 August 2008, where she rode in support of Nicole Cooke's successful gold medal bid [13] but her greatest success of the summer came in the time trial on 13 August, where she won the silver medal behind American Kristin Armstrong.[1]
In 2009, Pooley signed to the Cervélo Test Team.[14] Since then, she has won the 2009 British National Time Trial Championships and taken several important wins for the team, in the Coupe du Monde de Montreal, the Grand Prix Costa d'Etrusca, and the Grande Boucle Féminine, dubbed 'the women's Tour de France'.
In 2010, Pooley won the Tour de l'Aude, her first individual win in a major stage race.[15]
Pooley lives in Zurich and is studying for a PhD in geotechnical engineering at ETH Zurich.[7]