Kian Emadi
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kian Emadi-Coffin |
Born | 29 July 1992 |
Team information | |
Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance Sprinter (formerly) |
Professional team | |
2012-present | Sky Track Cycling |
Medal record |
Kian Emadi (born 29 July 1992) is an Iranian-British track cyclist.[1] He has represented Great Britain and England at international level, and is a three-time British National Track champion.
Career
Born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Emadi started cycling competitively at the age of 13, and raced in many disciplines (track, road and cyclo-cross), before concentrating on the sprint disciplines of track racing. Emadi moved to Manchester at the age of 18 as a member of the British Cycling Podium Programme.[2]
He represented Great Britain at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3] He won his first senior medal, a silver in the team sprint, at the latter event.
After suffering a back injury in September 2014, which limited the amount of gym work he could do to attempt to secure a place in the British team sprint squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Emadi switched to the endurance squad.[4]
Personal life
Emadi attended St Peter's Church of England High School and then moved to St Joseph's Sixth Form School in Stoke to study for A levels.
Major results
- 2009
- National Junior Track Championships
- Apeldoorn Interland
- 1st Team sprint
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Elimination race
- 3rd Keirin
- 2011
- 3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships
- Revolution 33 – 2nd Sprint, Revolution series
- 2012
- 1st Kilo, National Track Championships
- 2nd Kilo – Cali, UCI Track World Cup
- 2nd Sprint omnium, Six Days of Bremen
- 2013
- National Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st Team sprint, Cottbuser Nächte
- UCI Track World Cup
- Dutch Summer Trophy, Alkmaar
- 2nd Kilo
- 3rd Sprint
- 2014
- 2nd Team sprint, Commonwealth Games
- 2016
- UCI Track World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit – Glasgow
- 3rd Team pursuit – Hong Kong
- 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
- 2017
- 1st Team pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup
- 2018
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
References
- ^ "Kian Emadi". Britishcycling.org.uk. 29 July 1992. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ Kian Emadi biography
- ^ Cycling. "UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013: Kian Emadi aiming to fire Britain to track cycling glory in Minsk". Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ Smith, Pete (23 January 2016). "Cycling: Kian Emadi back on track after switch from sprint to endurance". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
External links
- British male cyclists
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- English people of Iranian descent
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- British track cyclists