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Crystal Lane-Wright
Personal information
Full nameCrystal Lane
NationalityBritish
Born (1985-09-13) 13 September 1985 (age 39)
Chelmsford, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportCycling
Event(s)C5 Track pursuit
C5 Time trial
C4-5 Road race
ClubGB Para-Cycling Talent Team
Coached byGareth Sheppard
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2012
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's Para-cycling
Summer Paralympics
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Ind. pursuit - C5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio Road race - C4-5
UCI World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Roskilde Road race - C5
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Pietermaritzburg Road race - C5
Silver medal – second place 2018 Maniago Time trial - C5
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Maniago Road race - C5
Track World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Apeldoorn 500m time trial - C5
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Apeldoorn Scratch race - C4-5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montichiari 500m time trial - C5
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rio de Janeiro 3km Pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Scratch race - C5

Crystal Lane-Wright (née Lane; born 13 September 1985) is a British Paralympic track and road cyclist competing in C5 events. A bronze medallist in the Road World Championships in 2011, she competed for Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics. At the 2016 Games in Rio she took silver medal in the individual pursuit and bronze in the road race. In 2018, she won the individual pursuit at the Rio de Janeiro Track World Championships.[1] The same year she also took silver in individual time trial and bronze in the road race in the Road World Championships held in Maniago.[1]

Personal history

Lane-Wright was born with an under-developed left arm and took up sport as a youth and was active in football, playing at county level.[2][3] In 2008, she watched Sarah Storey compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. She noticed that she had a similar disability to Storey and realised that she could classify as a Paralympic athlete.[3][4] After a 2009 Great Britain campaign to find athletes for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lane-Wright applied and was accepted for trials. By December 2010 she was part of a three athletes selected as part of the GB Para-Cycling Team for 2011.[3]

Lane-Wright made her international debut in 2011 competing in the Road World Championships in Roskilde, Denmark. She finished 9th in the C5 Time Trial and took the bronze medal in the C5 road race, the gold going to GB team mate Sarah Storey.[2] In 2012 Lane-Wright entered the UCI World Cup in Rome. There she finished 4th in the Road Race and 5th in the Time Trial.[2] Lane-Wright qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in all three of her specialised events, C5 track pursuit, C5 time trial and C4-5 road race.

Outside cycling Lane-Wright was a student Loughborough University, studying for an MSc in Sport Nutrition.[4] Crystal graduated from the University of Exeter with a 2:1 in Exercise and Sports Science in 2011.

References

  1. ^ a b "Crystal Lane-Wright - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile". British Cycling. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Crystal Lane". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Talent Ambassador – Crystal Lane" (PDF). uksport.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Focus on... Crystal Lane". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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