Amy King (cyclist)
 Amy Hill during stage two of the Women's Tour 2014. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Amy Hill |
| Born | 4 July 1995 Newport, Wales |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Rytger (UCI Pro Cycling Team) |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Pursuitist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2011 | Newport Youth Velo Cycling Club |
| 2012– | Abergavenny RC Women’s Team[1] |
| Professional team | |
| 2015- | Team Rytger[2] |
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
- ^ "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Amy King at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Amy Hill Bio" (PDF). British Cycling. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ Abby Burton (9 August 2013). "Great Britain's juniors take two world titles and a new world record in Glasgow". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Gent International Junior Track Meeting". British Cycling. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
External links
- Amy King at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official website