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British cyclist
Emma Finucane
Finucane in 2021
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Born
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2002-12-22
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22 December 2002
(age 21)
[1]
Carmarthen
, Wales
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Current team
| Brother UK-Orientation marketing
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Discipline
| Track cycling
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Role
| Rider
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Rider type
| sprint, time trial, keirin
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Emma Finucane
(born 22 December 2002) is a British and Welsh
track cyclist
.
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[4]
She is the
2023 UCI world champion in women's individual sprint
, the third Briton (after
Victoria Pendleton
and
Becky James
) and second
Welsh
woman (after James) to win the world title.
Cycling career
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Having previously won two silver medals at the
2020 British National Track Championships
, Finucane became a British champion when winning the
team sprint
event at the
2022 British National Track Championships
. She also won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the same Championships.
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Later that year, Finucane went on to win bronze medals in both the
sprint
and
team sprint
at the
Commonwealth Games
.
[7]
Finucane was the star of the
2023 British Cycling National Track Championships
, after she won four national titles (taking her total to 5). They were the
500 m Time trial
, the
Sprint
, the
Keirin
and a second team sprint title.
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At the 2023 UCI World track cycling championships in Glasgow, at the Chris Hoy National velodrome, she claimed her first major title as she took gold in the women's track sprint competition, beating Lea Friedrich of Germany in the final. The first British woman to do so since Becky James in 2013.
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During the flying 200 sprint qualifying she set a new British record and a new sea level record time of 10.234s.
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She was also part of the British Women's Team sprint team who took silver in the same competition.
Personal life
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Finucane is a relative of former second world war RAF pilot Wing Commander
Paddy Finucane
.
Major results
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- 2022
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Team sprint
(with
Rhian Edmunds
and
Lowri Thomas
)
- Commonwealth Games
- 3rd
Team sprint
(with
Rhian Edmunds
and
Lowri Thomas
)
- 3rd
Sprint
- UCI Track World Championships
- 3rd
Team sprint
(with
Lauren Bell
and
Sophie Capewell
)
- 2023
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Team sprint
(with
Katy Marchant
and
Lowri Thomas
)
- 1st
Sprint
- 1st
Keirin
- 1st
500 m time trial
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 2nd
Team sprint
- UEC European Championships
- 2nd
Sprint
- 2nd
Team sprint
- 2024
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Sprint
- 2nd
Team sprint
References
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