Jessica Varnish
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| Full name | Jessica Varnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 November 1990 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Halesowen AC&C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica "Jess" Varnish (born 19 November 1990) is a British track cyclist. Varnish is part of the reigning world record holding European team sprint champions and is a bronze medalist at the World Championships for the 500 metres.
Biography
Jessica Varnish was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire on 19 November 1990, the daughter of James "Jim" Varnish, a keen cyclist. She attended South Bromsgrove High School.[2]
At the age of 14, Varnish competed unofficially at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Belgium. She took a second off the British 500m standing start record, setting a new time of 37.1 seconds.[3]
She made her first appearance in GB kit at the Austrian Junior International in January 2006. She became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme whilst still a junior.[4] Being just 17 at the time, Varnish was selected for the programme a year ahead of the rest of her age group, demonstrating British Cycling's belief in her potential.
Her first performance at senior level was in the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester.[5]
In March 2009, Varnish was awarded the "junior female sports personality of the year" trophy at the Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sports Awards.[6]
Virgin Trains Pendolino 390027 was named after her on 29 June 2011.[7]
On 18 February, Varnish competed at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in the new Olympic Velodrome. Along with her team-mate Victoria Pendleton, they broke the world record of the women's team sprint taking gold.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Varnish and Pendleton broke the world record in the qualifying stages of the team sprint before being relegated in the semi-finals.[8]
Palmarès
Track
- 2005
- 1st
sprint, British National Track Championships – U16 - 2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships – U16
- 2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships – U16
- 2006
- 1st sprint, British National Track Championships – U16
- 2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships – U16
- 2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships – U16
- 2007
- 1st
keirin, 2007 European Track Championships – Junior - 1st sprint, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 2nd 500m TT, 2007 European Track Championships – Junior
- 2nd Individual Sprint, UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships – Senior
- 3rd Individual Sprint, British National Track Championships – Senior
- 2008
- 1st keirin, 2008 European Track Championships – Junior
- 1st 500m TT, 2008 European Track Championships – Junior
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st sprint, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Team Sprint, round 1, 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Anna Blyth)
- 2nd British National Team Sprint Championships (with Helen Scott)
- 3rd Keirin, British National Track Championships – Senior
- 3rd Individual Sprint, 2008 European Track Championships – Junior
- 2011
- 1st 500m TT, 2011 British National Track Championships – Senior
- 1st Team Sprint, 2011 European Track Championships (with Victoria Pendleton)
- 1st 500m TT, 2011 European Track Championships – U23
- 1st Team Sprint, 2011 European Track Championships – U23 (with Becky James)
- 3rd sprint, 2011 European Track Championships – U23
- 2012
- 1st Team sprint, round 4, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, London (with Victoria Pendleton)
- 1st Team sprint, round 1, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali (with Becky James)
- 1st Team sprint, round 2, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Glasgow (with Becky James)
- 2nd Individual Sprint, round 2, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Glasgow
- 3rd Individual Sprint, round 1, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali
- 2013
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships
- 1st Team Sprint, British National Track Championships
- 1st Individual Sprint, British National Track Championships
- 1st Keirin, British National Track Championships
- 1st Revolution Series Manchester (Individual Sprint)
- 2nd Revolution Series Manchester (Keirin)
- 3rd Individual Sprint, 2013 European Track Championships
- 3rd Team sprint, 2013 European Track Championships (with Becky James)
- 3rd Cottbus Individual Sprint
- 2014
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships
- 1st Individual Sprint, British National Track Championships
- 1st Team sprint, British National Track Championships (with Dannielle Khan)[9]
- 1st Keirin, British National Track Championships[10]
- 1st Roubaix (Team Sprint)
- 3rdUCI Track World Championships (Team Sprint), with Becky James)[11]
- 3rd Commonwealth Games (Individual Sprint)
- 3rd Cottbus Individual Sprint
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jess Varnish". You Go 4 It. Nottingham City Council. 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
- ↑ "Jess Varnish : Focused on a Golden Future". Velodrome.org.uk. 2006/2007. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Varnish shows her extra class". Worcester News. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ↑ "Jessica Varnish Bio". British Cycling. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ↑ Andrew Canning (6 January 2009). "Jessica Varnish: Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ↑ "Jess shines once more at awards". Droitwich Spa Advertiser. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ↑ cyclist is latest athlete to name a virgin pendolino train
- ↑ Jessica Varnish: I will never watch nightmare moment when my London Olympic dream was shattered. www.telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "National Track Championships: Varnish & Trott among winners". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "National Track Championships: Four golds for Varnish & Skinner". bbc.co.uk. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Track Cycling Worlds 2014: GB women win bronze as men toil". bbc.co.uk. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
External links
- Jessica Varnish profile at Cycling Archives