Laura Kenny
 Trott at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 24 April 1992 Harlow, Essex England[1] |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8.2 st)[2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Track and road |
| Rider type | Sprinter (road) / Endurance (track) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012 | Team Ibis Cycles |
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| 2015– | Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling |
Medal record | |
Laura Rebecca Trott, OBE (born 24 April 1992) is a British[3][4][5] track and road cyclist who specialises in the team pursuit, omnium and scratch race disciplines. She is the inaugural Olympic champion in both the team pursuit and omnium events.
Representing Great Britain, Trott is the reigning Olympic and European champion in both events and reigning world champion in the omnium, as well as four-times a world champion in the team pursuit, and the reigning world and European champion in the scratch race. She is the most successful rider, male or female, in the history of the European Track Championships, with ten titles as of October 2015. Her 2015 European Scratch race was her 20th senior international gold medal. In 2016 she became the first British woman to win four Olympic gold medals.
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Early life
Trott was born a month prematurely in Harlow in Essex[1] with a collapsed lung and was later diagnosed with asthma. She was advised by doctors to take up sport in order to regulate her breathing. She enjoyed and competed in trampolining but had to give up due to respiratory problems.[6][7] She grew up in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, where she attended Turnford School.[1][8][9] Her older sister Emma Trott is a former road racing cyclist.[10]
Laura Trott and her sister began cycling when her mother did so to lose weight.[11]
Career
Trott is a four time World and European champion in the team pursuit. She is also the European champion and previous world champion in the omnium discipline, having won the omnium at the 2013 European Track Championships. She joined Team Ibis Cycles for the 2012 road season.[12]
In February 2012, she won the team pursuit at the 2011–2012 Track World Cup in London. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Trott won a gold medal in the team pursuit with Dani King and Joanna Rowsell.[13] The team set a world record time of 3:14.051 in this event.[14] Including pre-Olympics races and the Olympics final itself, in the six times they had ridden together they had broken the world record in every race.[13] She also won gold in the omnium, two days after winning gold in the team pursuit.[15][16][17]
After two seasons with Wiggle-Honda, it was announced in September 2014 that Trott would be joining the Matrix Fitness Vulpine team for 2015 as lead rider.[18] In 2016 Trott won a Gold Medal in the Team Pursuit at the Rio Olympics.
Personal life
Trott is engaged to Jason Kenny.[19]
Honours and awards
Trott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[20][21]
In 2014, the former Grundy Park Leisure Centre in Cheshunt was renamed The Laura Trott Leisure Centre in her honour following a £4 million redevelopment. Trott attended the launch ahead of competing in stage four of the first Women's Tour from Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City.[22]
Honours
- 2008
- British National Track Championships, Junior
- 3rd Sprint,
- 2009
- British National Track Championships, Junior
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Points race
- 2nd 500m TT
- 1st
- 2nd British National Circuit Race Championships
- 3rd British National Madison Championships (with Hannah Mayho)
- 2010
- 2010 European Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit,
- 1st
- British National Track Championships,
- 3rd Individual pursuit,
- British National Track Championships, Junior
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st 500m TT
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch race
- 1st
- 1st British National Derny Championships
- 2011
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st
Team Pursuit,
- 1st
- 2011 European Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit, Cali
- 3rd Omnium, Cali
- 2011 European Track Championships, U23
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- British National Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch race
- 3rd 500m TT
- British National Road Race Championships, U23
- 1st
- 1st
- 2012
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- 1st
Omnium - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit, London
- 1st Omnium, Glasgow
- 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
- 3rd Omnium, London
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
- 2013
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2013 European Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Team Pursuit, Round 1, Manchester
- 1st Omnium, Round 1, Manchester
- 2nd Omnium, Round 2, Mexico, Aguascalientes
- 2013 British National Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 1st Points Race
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Scratch Race
- 1st
- British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Under 23
- 2nd Senior[23]
- 1st
- 1st RideLondon GrandPrix
- 2014
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2014 Commonwealth Games
Points Race
- 2014 European Track Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit[24]
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- Track Cycling World Cup
- British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Senior
- 1st Under 23[28]
- 1st
- British National Track Championships
- 1st Omnium, Fenioux Piste International[33]
- 1st Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3[34]
- 2015
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- European Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Scratch race
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships
- British National Track Championships
- 1st Milk Race[38]
- 2016
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women)
- 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
- List of British cyclists
References
- ^ a b c "Laura Trott golden postbox painted in Harlow by mistake". BBC News. 5 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete: Laura Trott". london2012.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Laura Trott – Double Olympic Gold Medallist and Professional Cyclist". www.lauratrott.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Laura Trott – Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile". Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Laura Trott makes history as GB's women win team pursuit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Laura Trott = About Me".
- ^ Marsden, Sam (7 August 2012). "Laura Trott battled back from collapsed lung to Olympic gold". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ McRae, Donald (6 February 2012). "Laura Trott sick to the stomach in pursuit of London 2012 glory". The Guardian.
- ^ Gold, Alasdair (4 August 2012). "18:17 Saturday 04 August 2012 Written by Alasdair Gold Trott is an Olympic champion". Hertfordshire Mercury.
- ^ Hemmings, Mark (21 October 2010). "Trott sisters look back on Commonwealth Games experience". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ Kay, Vernon (14 August 2012). "interview on bbc radio". BBC radio 1. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 UCI Women's Teams:TEAM IBIS CYCLES (DPD) – GBR". UCI. 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Olympics cycling: British women win team pursuit track gold". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Morton, Douglas (4 August 2012). "Team GB win gold medal in women's team pursuit with world record time – Cycling – Olympics". The Independent. London. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Slater, Matt (4 August 2012). "Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Speck, Ivan (8 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott wins cycling gold in the omnium". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (7 August 2012). "Laura Trott wins omnium gold for Team GB". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Hope, Nick (2 September 2014). "Laura Trott leaves Wiggle-Honda and joins Matrix Fitness Vulpine". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Bentley, Paul (26 December 2014). "Golden couple of British cycling to wed: Olympic cyclists Laura Trott and Jason Kenny announce they will marry". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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|supp=(help)). 29 December 2012. - ^ "2013 New Year's Honoura" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Cheshunt's Grundy Park Leisure Centre renamed after Laura Trott ahead of Women's Tour stage four". Hertfordshire Mercury. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Webber, Luke. "Road: Armitstead wins British Road Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "European Track Championships: GB's men and women claim gold". bbc.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott in GB team to win gold". bbc.co.uk. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Britain claim double team pursuit gold". bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott wins Britain's fourth gold". bbc.co.uk. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Laura Trott and Peter Kennaugh win British road race titles". bbc.co.uk. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "British National Track Championships 24th–28th September 2014: Communiqué No. 009" (PDF). trackworldcup.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Varnish & Trott among winners". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Jess Varnish powers to sprint title". bbc.co.uk. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Four golds for Varnish & Skinner". bbc.co.uk. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Fenioux Piste International: Vélodrome de Costebelle – Hyères – Côte d'Azur: Omnium Dames Elite" (PDF). Fédération Française de Cyclisme. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race". British Cycling. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championships 25th–27th September 2015: Communiqué No 018: Category Female: Event 3000m Pursuit: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championship 25th–27th September 2015: Communiqué No 044: Category Female: Event 15kms [sic] Scratch Race: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championship 25th–27th September 2015: Results: Female" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "The Milk Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laura Trott.
- Official website
- Laura Kenny at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Biography at British Cycling
- Profile at Team Ibis Cycles website
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