Victoria Williamson
.jpg) Williamson in 2012 | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Victoria Eve Williamson | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Vics | ||||||||||||
| Born |
15 September 1993[1] Hevingham | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | VC Norwich | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint Track | ||||||||||||
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Infobox last updated on 21 February 2013 | |||||||||||||
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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] At the suggestion of one of her coaches at the City of Norwich Athletic Club, she switched from athletics to cycling in 2008.[1]<ref name"NEN041011">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.</ref> She entered the Girls4Gold programme, a group that searches for talented athletes with a potential for cycling, before being accepted into the Olympic Development Programme (ODP).[3]
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.[4] She won a bronze medal with partner Becky James in the team sprint at the 2013 Track World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[5]
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 Dannielle Khan)[6]
- 2nd, British National Team Sprint Championships (with Katy Marchant)[7]
- 2nd 500m time trial, British National Track Championships[8]
- 3rd Individual sprint, British National Track Championships[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GB Cycling Team Rider Biography". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Mrs Robinson praises London 2012 female role models". The Merchant Taylors' Schools. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Q and A with Norfolk cyclist Victoria Williamson". Dare2Dream. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Junior World Track Championships 2011". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (20 February 2013). "World Track Cycling 2013: Great Britain win silver and bronze". BBC Sport. Minsk, Belarus: BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Track World Cup: Britain win two bronze medals in Mexico". bbc.co.uk. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "National Track Championships: Varnish & Trott among winners". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "National Track Championships: Jess Varnish wins time trial title". bbc.co.uk. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "Report and Results From Day Three". British Cycling. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
External links
Media related to Victoria Williamson at Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Williamson profile at Cycling Archives
- Victoria Williamson on Twitter