Emma Pooley
 Pooley in Montréal, May 2009. |
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| Full name | Emma Jane Pooley | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1982 Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Garmin-Cervélo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | GC-rider and Classics specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Cambridge University CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011 2012– |
Team Fat Birds UK Team Specialized Designs for Women Cervélo TestTeam Garmin-Cervélo AA Drink-Leontien.nl |
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Emma Jane Pooley (born 3 October 1982)[2] is an English professional cyclist and Olympic silver medallist riding for the Dutch-based AA Drink–leontien.nl team as of 2012[update]. Pooley was the 2010 World Time Trial Champion and is a former British Road Race and Time Trial Champion.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Wandsworth, London,[3][4] Pooley grew up in Norwich, where she attended Norwich High School for Girls[5] and the sixth form of Norwich School.[6] She began studying for an engineering degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2001.[7][8]
She started cycling at university after suffering an injury from cross-country running. At Cambridge she won her university sporting blue for cross-country running and the triathlon.[9]
After a surprise fourth place in the national road championship in 2005, she was signed by Team Fat Birds UK.[3][10]
She went on to represent Britain in the 2007 UCI world championship and finished 8th in the time trial[11] and 9th in the road race. This earned Great Britain one of their places in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2008, she rode for Team Specialized Designs for Women [1] and won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda UCI Road World Cup in Italy.[12] She finished 23rd in the Olympic road race on 11 August 2008, where she rode in support of Nicole Cooke's successful gold medal bid [13] but her greatest success of the summer came in the time trial on 13 August, where she won the silver medal behind American Kristin Armstrong.[1]
In 2009, Pooley signed to the Cervélo Test Team.[14] Since then, she has won the 2009 British National Time Trial Championships and taken several important wins for the team, in the Coupe du Monde de Montreal, the Grand Prix Costa d'Etrusca, and the Grande Boucle Féminine, dubbed 'the women's Tour de France'.
In 2010, Pooley won the Tour de l'Aude, her first individual win in a major stage race.[15]
In 2012, following the discontinuation of the Garmin Cervélo womens' team, Pooley will be riding for the Dutch team AA Drink-Leontien.nl [16]
Pooley lives in Zurich and is studying for a PhD in geotechnical engineering at ETH Zurich.[7]
[edit] Palmarès
- 2006
- 3rd Rund Um die Rigi - Gersau (SUI)
- 2007
- 1st Rund um Schönaich (GER)
- 3rd overall Grande Boucle Féminine (FRA)
- 2nd Stage 1 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
- 3rd Stage 5 Arreau
- 1st Stage 3 Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen, Greiz (GER)
- 2nd Stage 2, Tour de l'Ardèche, de Vals les Bains (FRA)
- 6th British National Road Race Championships
- 8th Time Trial, 2007 Road World Championships
- 9th Road Race, 2007 Road World Championships
- 2008
- 1st Perth Criterium Series (AUS)
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 2nd Villingen Schwenningen (GER)
- 8th La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
- 2nd
British National Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 6 Ras de Cymru (GBR)
- 1st overall Tour Féminin de Bretagne (FRA)
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 4 (time trial)
- 2nd
Time Trial, 2008 Summer Olympics - 2nd Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche (FRA)
- 1st Stage 4, Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche
- 8th Time Trial, 2008 Road World Championships
- 2009
- 1st GP Costa Etrusca (ITA)
- 1st La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
- 1st Grande Boucle Féminine
- 1st Stage 1 TT
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st GP de Plouay-Bretagne (FRA) World Cup
- 4th overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 3rd Stage 2
- 2nd Stage 3
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 2010
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne (Waalse Pijl) (BEL)
- 1st Grand Prix de Suisse TT
- 1st Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Stage 4
- 1st Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st British National Road Race Championships
- 1st GP de Plouay-Bretagne (FRA) World Cup
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
UCI Road World Championship Women's Time Trial
- 2011
- 3rd UCI Road World Championship Women's Time Trial
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 1st Stage 3 Iurreta Emakumeen Bira
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Mountains classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Stage 4 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Ardèche
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Athlete Biography - POOLEY Emma". Beijing Olympics official website. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/225127.shtml.
- ^ "Emma Pooley". Cycling Website. http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=25205.
- ^ a b Andrew Canning (31 July 2008). "GB RIDER PROFILE: EMMA POOLEY". Cycling Weekly. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/olympics/GB_rider_profile_Emma_Pooley_article_264588.html.
- ^ Ian Chadband (13 August 2008). "Pooley shows her motion slickness". Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23531687-details/Pooley+shows+her+motion+slickness/article.do.
- ^ Bailey, Michael (5 August 2011). "Get behind our London 2012 Olympics hopefuls". Eastern Daily Press. http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/get_behind_our_london_2012_olympics_hopefuls_1_985392. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Emma Pooley (ON 2001) wins silver in Beijing". Norwich School. 15 August 2008. http://www.norwich-school.org.uk/news/detail.asp?ItemID=550. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ a b Shaun Lowthorpe (13 August 2008). "Norwich cyclist wins Olympic medal". EDP24. http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=SportAthletics&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=SportAthletics&itemid=NOED13%20Aug%202008%2009%3A16%3A49%3A957.
- ^ "Four Engineering alumni at the Beijing Olympics". Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. 4 Aug 2008. http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2008/Olympians/.
- ^ "Emma Pooley engineering her success". Shecycles.com. http://www.shecycles.com/news/article/mps/uan/265.
- ^ Larry Hickmont (July 2005). "Talking to Rising Star Emma Pooley". Cycling weekly. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2005/07_July/12_EmmaPooley.shtml.
- ^ "POOLEY TAKES EIGHTH IN WORLD'S TT DEBUT". Cycling Weekly. 26 September 2007. http://cyclingweekly.live.calmtech.co.uk/news/news_pooley_takes_eighth_in_worlds_tt_debut_article_146014.html.
- ^ "Win for Emma Pooley in Italian World Cup". British Cycling. 24 March 2008. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2008/20080324_Trofea_Binda.asp.
- ^ "Pooley takes silver in time trial". BBC Sport. 13 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7557748.stm.
- ^ Womenscycling.net (2 November 2009). "Cervelo Lifeforce Signs 'Likeable' Emma Pooley". Womenscycling.net. http://www.womenscycling.net/2009/NewsPages2009/Cervelo/11_002_Pooley.htm.
- ^ "Emma Pooley triumphs in Tour de l'Aude". BBC Sport. 23 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8690892.stm.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (30 December 2011). "Emma Pooley confirmed with AA Drink-Leontien.nl, other Garmin-Cervelo women also linked". VeloNation. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10759/Emma-Pooley-confirmed-with-AA-Drink-Leontiennl-other-Garmin-Cervelo-women-also-linked.aspx. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- English cyclists
- Female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- People from Norwich
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- Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- UCI World Champions
- People educated at Norwich High School for Girls
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