Amy Roberts

Amy Roberts
Personal information
Full name Amy Rose Roberts
Born (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Team USN / Wiggle High5
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Rider type Endurance
Amateur team(s)
? Towy Riders
2006–2007 Bynea CC
2008 Kidney Wales For Escentual
2009–2011 Cardiff Ajax CC
2012 Team USN[2]
2012 Scott Contessa Epic[3]
2013– Wiggle–Honda
Infobox last updated on
23 January 2013

Amy Rose Roberts (born 24 December 1994) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Wales, who rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and is also sponsored by Wiggle High5.

Career

Born in Llanelli, Roberts was brought up in Pontyberem. She attended Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen.[4] Roberts took up triathlon at the age of 14, she joined the Towy Riders cycling club to improve her cycling skills and within a year of doing so had become the Under-16 Welsh National Cyclo-cross Champion.[5] Roberts is part of British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team.[6]

Roberts represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014,[7] competing in the time trial, individual pursuit, scratch and points race.[1]

Palmarés

2010
1st United Kingdom Points race, British National Track Championships – Under 16
3rd Scratch race, British National Track Championships – Junior
3rd Pursuit, British National Track Championships – Under 16
3rd 500m time trial, British National Track Championships – Under 16
2011
3rd British National Cyclo-cross Championships – Junior
2012
1st European Union Team Pursuit, European Track Championships, Juniors (with Elinor Barker and Lucy Garner)
1st Overall Surf & Turf Weekend
1st Stage 2[8]
3rd Points race, UCI Track World Championships, Juniors
3rd Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Juniors (with Hayley Jones and Elinor Barker)
2nd Team Pursuit, Round 1 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Cali
2013 – Wiggle Honda 2013 season
3rd Team Pursuit, Round 3 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Ciara Horne and Elinor Barker)
2014 – Wiggle Honda 2014 season
1st Team Pursuit, Track Cycling World Cup, Round 1, Guadalajara (with Laura Trott, Elinor Barker & Ciara Horne)[9]
1st Round 4 – Redditch, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series[10]
2nd British National Circuit Race Championships[11]
2015
3rd National Circuit Race Championships[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amy Roberts: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Abraham, Richard (28 November 2012). "Scott Contessa Epic announce 2013 line-up". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Amy is on the right track for career in cycle racing". Carmarthen Journal. 2012-08-01.
  5. ↑ "GB Cycling Team Rider Biography: Amy Roberts". British Cycling. December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Cycling: Amy Roberts". Jaguar Academy of Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 2014-07-09.
  8. ↑ Whitehouse, Andrew (16 June 2013). "Road: Roberts wins overall at the Surf n Turf Weekend". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott in GB team to win gold". bbc.co.uk. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Amy Roberts wins in Redditch after last lap drama". British Cycling. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "2014 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championship – Hull – 9 July 2014: Women's Championship: Official Result" (PDF). British Cycling. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "BC National Circuit Race Championships: Womens Championships" (PDF). British Cycling. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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