Amy Hill (cyclist)

Amy Hill

Amy Hill during stage two of the Women's Tour 2014.
Personal information
Full name Amy Hill
Born (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995
Newport, Wales
Team information
Current team Team Rytger (UCI Pro Cycling Team)
Discipline Track & Road
Role Rider
Rider type Pursuitist
Amateur team(s)
2006–2011 Newport Youth Velo Cycling Club
2012– Abergavenny RC Women’s Team[1]
Professional team(s)
2015- Team Rytger[2]
Infobox last updated on
9 August 2013

Amy Hill (born 4 July 1995) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport, Wales, who currently rides for Team Rytger. She previously rode for Abergavenny RC Women’s Team.[3] She was a member of the record breaking, gold medal winning, British team pursuit squad at the Juniors world championships in 2013.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Hill competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.[4]

Hill represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014.[5]

Palmarès

2011
2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships - Under 16
2012
3rd Points race, British National Track Championships - Junior
2013
1st Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Juniors (with Hayley Jones, Emily Kay & Emily Nelson)
1st Points race, British National Track Championships - Junior
Ghent International Junior Track Meeting
3rd Team pursuit (with Rebecca Hunt and Manon Lloyd)
3rd Omnium[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Amy Hill profile at Cycling Archives
  3. ↑ "Amy Hill Bio" (PDF). British Cycling. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Abby Burton (9 August 2013). "Great Britain's juniors take two world titles and a new world record in Glasgow". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Gent International Junior Track Meeting". British Cycling. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

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