Elinor Barker
 Barker during the Glasgow event of the 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elinor Jane Barker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 September 1994 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team USN / Wiggle-Honda | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuit/Time trial | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2007 2008 2009–2011 2012 |
Maindy Flyers Kidney Wales For Escentual Cardiff Ajax Scott Contessa Epic RT[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013– | Wiggle-Honda | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 21 October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Cardiff, Wales, who currently rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and on the road for Wiggle-Honda. She was the 2012 junior world time trial champion.
Early life
Elinor Barker from Heath, Cardiff is the daughter of Graham Barker, deputy headteacher at St Julian’s Comprehensive School in Newport.[2] She also has a sister, Megan, also a successful racing cyclist who is three years younger.[3] She attended Llanishen High School.[2]
Career
Barker took up cycling with the Maindy Flyers at the age of 10, as a way of getting out of swimming classes.[2][4] She was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy,[3] but remained based in Wales until she completed her A-levels in 2013, after which she moved to Manchester to train full time at Manchester Velodrome.[5]
She became the Junior Time Trial world champion in 2012, completing the 15.6 km course in Valkenburg, Netherlands in 22 minutes and 26.29 seconds, beating Cecille Ludvig of Denmark by 35.87 seconds. Subsequently Barker was named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2012.[6]
In 2013, she became a senior world champion for the first time as a member of the team pursuit squad at the UCI Track World Championships.
Palmarés
Source:[7]- 2008
- 3rd Omnium British National Track Championships – Under 14
- 2010
- 2nd Individual pursuit British National Track Championships – Under 16
- 3rd points race British National Track Championships – Junior
- 3rd points race British National Track Championships – Under 16
- 3rd Scratch race British National Track Championships – Under 16
- 2011
- 1st Individual pursuit British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Stratford-upon-Avon Team Series
- 1st stage 1 Essex Giro
Individual pursuit European Track Championships - Junior- Time trial UCI Road World Championships - Junior
- 2nd Scratch race British National Track Championships – Junior
- 3rd Points race British National Track Championships – Junior
- 2012
- 1st
Time trial UCI Road World Championships - Junior 
Individual pursuit European Track Championships - Junior- Team pursuit European Track Championships - Junior
- with Amy Roberts & Lucy Garner
- 1st Jubilee Road Race
- 1st Duncan Murray Wines Road Race
- 2nd Hillingdon Grand Prix
- 2nd overall 2 Days of Bedford
- 1st stage 4
- Omnium UCI Track World Championships - Junior
- Individual pursuit UCI Track World Championships - Junior
Team pursuit UCI Track World Championships - Junior
- with Hayley Jones & Amy Roberts
- 2nd Team pursuit 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Cali
- with Ciara Horne & Amy Roberts
- 2013
- 1st Team pursuit UCI Track World Championships
- with Dani King & Laura Trott
- Team pursuit European Track Championships
- 1st Otley Grand Prix
- Individual pursuit UCI Track World Championships - Under-23
- Points race UCI Track World Championships - Under-23
- 3rd Team pursuit 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Aguascalientes
- with Ciara Horne & Amy Roberts
References
- ↑ "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Simon Gaskell (2012-09-18). "Cycling gold for Elinor Barker at World Road Championships in Holland". Wales Online.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chris Sidwells (2012-11-22). "Ride: Elinor Barker in South Wales". Cycling Weekly.
- ↑ Alasdair Fotheringham (2012-09-19). "Cycling: Elinor Barker shows next generation is in very safe hands". The Independent.
- ↑ Robin Scott-Elliot (2013-10-31). "Elinor Barker prepares to complete her education on the track". The Independent.
- ↑ Rebecca Ransom (2012-12-11). "Elinor Barker named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year". British Cycling.
- ↑ Profile at Cycling Archives
External links
- Elinor Barker profile at Cycling Archives
- Elinor Barker on Twitter
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