Victoria Williamson

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Victoria Williamson

Williamson in 2012
Personal information
Full name Victoria Eve Williamson
Born (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993[1]
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Medal record
Track cycling
Competitor for  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze 2013 Minsk Team sprint
Infobox last updated on
21 February 2013

Victoria "Vicky" Williamson, (born 15 September 1993) is an elite British track cyclist who specialises in the sprint disciplines. In 2013, with Rebecca James, she won the bronze medal in the team sprint at the World Track Cycling Championships.

Early life

Williamson was educated at Norwich High School for Girls.[2] She made the switch from athletics aged 15, after one of her coaches at the City of Norwich Athletic Club suggested she was better suited to a different sport.[1][3] She was scouted by Girls4Gold, which aims to get athletes from other sports into cycling, before being accepted into the Olympic Development Programme (ODP).[4]

Career

At the 2011 Juniors Track World Championships in Moscow, she won a silver in the 500m time trial, a bronze in the sprint and came fifth in the keirin.[5] She won a bronze medal with partner Becky James in the team sprint at the 2013 Track World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[6]

Palmarès

2009
2nd Sprint, British National Track Championships - U16
2010
2nd 500m TT, UCI Track World Championships - Junior
3rd Sprint, UCI Track World Championships - Junior
1st Sprint, British National Track Championships - Junior
2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships - Junior
2011
1st Sprint, British National Track Championships - Junior
1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships - Junior
3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships
3rd Keirin, British National Track Championships
2012
2nd Sprint, British National Track Championships
2nd Keirin, British National Track Championships
2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships
2013
3rd Team sprint, UCI Track World Championships (with Becky James)
2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships
2014
Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Team sprint, Round 3, Guadalajara (with Danielle Khan)[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GB Cycling Team Rider Biography". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Mrs Robinson praises London 2012 female role models". The Merchant Taylors' Schools. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ Bailey, Michael (4 October 2011). "What a year for Norfolk’s British Cycling track starlet Victoria Williamson". Norwich Evening News. Archant Community Media Limited. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Q and A with Norfolk cyclist Victoria Williamson". Dare2Dream. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Junior World Track Championships 2011". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  6. ↑ Bevan, Chris (20 February 2013). "World Track Cycling 2013: Great Britain win silver and bronze". BBC Sport. Minsk, Belarus: BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Track World Cup: Britain win two bronze medals in Mexico". bbc.co.uk. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 

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