Victoria Williamson

Victoria Williamson

Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow
Personal information
Full name Victoria Eve Williamson
Nickname Vics
Born (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993[1]
Hevingham
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team VC Norwich
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprint Track
Medal record
Track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2013 Minsk Team sprint
Infobox last updated on
21 February 2013

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][3] 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).[4] She then progressed onto the elite Podium Programme 2 years later, and made her senior debut at the 2013 World Championships in Minsk.

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.[5] She made her senior world debut very shortly after, and won a bronze medal with partner Becky James in the team sprint at the 2013 Track World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.[6] Since then she continues to compete at an international level, picking up numerous medals. In January 2016 she was involved in a traumatic crash with Dutch rider Elis Ligtlee, at the Zesdaage Rotterdam. It was here she fractured her neck, back, and pelvis. She is predicted to make a full recovery and will training towards the next Olympics, Tokyo 2020.

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)[7]
2nd, British National Team Sprint Championships (with Katy Marchant)[8]
2nd 500m time trial, British National Track Championships[9]
3rd Individual sprint, British National Track Championships[10]
2015
2nd British National Team Sprint Championships (with Shanaze Reade)[11]
2nd 500m time trial, British National Track Championships[12]
3rd Individual Sprint, British National Track Championships[13]
6th Individual Sprint UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cali
8th Team Sprint with Jess Varnish UCI Track Cycling World Championships Paris
3rd Individual Sprint U23 European Championships
2nd Team Sprint with Katy Marchant U23 European Championships

References

  1. 1 2 "GB Cycling Team Rider Biography". British Cycling. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mrs Robinson praises London 2012 female role models". The Merchant Taylors' Schools. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Q and A with Norfolk cyclist Victoria Williamson". Dare2Dream. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Junior World Track Championships 2011". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Bevan, Chris (20 February 2013). "World Track Cycling 2013: Great Britain win silver and bronze". BBC Sport. Minsk, Belarus: BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Track World Cup: Britain win two bronze medals in Mexico". bbc.co.uk. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "National Track Championships: Varnish & Trott among winners". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "National Track Championships: Jess Varnish wins time trial title". bbc.co.uk. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Report and Results From Day Three". British Cycling. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Results - Team Female" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "British National Track Championship 25th-27th September 2015: Results: Female: 500m Time Trial" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 22: Category Female: Event Sprint: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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