Anna Turvey

Anna Turvey

Anna Turvey European Track Cycling Championships 2016
Personal information
Full name Anna Catherine Turvey
Born (1980-02-05) 5 February 1980
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Team information
Current team Tyneside Vagabonds CC
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2013 Tyneside Vagabonds CC
2014–2015 Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
2016 Tyneside Vagabonds CC
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Women's track cycling
European Championships
2016 Yvelines Individual pursuit

Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland.[1] She currently holds the Irish National records for the 10 mile and 25 mile individual time trials

In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25 mile time trial [2] and top 10 in The British Elite time trial.[3] Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey the qualified to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial [4] and 12th in the individual pursuit.[5]

Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016.[6] In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.[7]

Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8th in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursuit

Away from cycling, Turvey works as an optometrist.[8][9]

Major results

2016
1st Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Time Trial, Irish National Cycling Championships
10th Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Road Race, Irish National Cycling Championships
2nd RCTT National 25 Miles Championship
2nd RCTT National 25 Miles Championship
24th European Elite Road cycling Championships (Plumelec, France)
28th UCI Road World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
3rd European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women 3km Individual Pursuit 2016 UEC European Track Championships
8th European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women Team Pursuit with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns
2015
1st RTTC National Team Time Trial Championship with Katie Archibald and Ciara Horne
2014
9th Commonwealth Games Individual Time Trial
12th Commonwealth Games 3km Individual Pursuit
1st Scotland Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Championships Scottish National Track Championships
1st Scotland Scottish Cycling National 25 Mile Time Trial Championships
2013
1st British National Duathlon Championships (Age Group)
1st British National Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships (Age Group)
8th British Elite Road cycling Time Trial
2nd RTTC National 50 Miles Road Time Trial Championship
2nd RTTC National 25 miles Road Time Trial Championships
4th ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (London)
2nd Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Track Championships
2012
1st British National Duathlon Championships (Age Group)
3rd ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (Auckland)
2011
2nd ETU Duathlon European Championships (Limerick, Ireland)
1st ETU Triathlon European (sprint distance) Championships (Age Group) (Pontevedra, Spain)
2nd ITU World Triathlon Final Sprint Distance (Age Group) (Beijing, China)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Anna Turvey". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cycling Time Trials: RTTC National Championship 25 (Women) - Participation List". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Events". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Results - Womens Individual Time Trial - Cycling - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Results - Womens 3000m Individual Pursuit - Cycling - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "2016 National Championships Ireland WE - ITT". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Anna Turvey". Go Scotland. Commonwealth Games Scotland. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Ayling, Joe (22 June 2015). "Remarkable roles: How international cyclist Anna Turvey keeps her career on track". Optician. Mark Allen Group. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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