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3 All-time medal table (women's) 1984–Present. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women) 11 languages.
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial: 10.067 Emma Finucane: 9 August 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [10]250 m time trial (standing start)
[10] [11] [12] Hughes was included in Cycling UK's 2019 list of 100 Women in Cycling for her "inspirational writing on cycling". [6] Sustainable travel campaigner
Certified and recognized cycling records are those verified by the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Human Powered Vehicle Association and World Human Powered Vehicle Association, Guinness World Records, International Olympic Committee, World UltraCycling Association (formerly Ultra Marathon Cycling Association), the UK Road Records Association or other accepted authorities.
Women's championships were introduced by the BLRC in 1947, and by the NCU in 1956. In 1959, the NCU and the BLRC merged to create the British Cycling Federation. Separate amateur and professional men's championships were held from 1959 until 1995.
The first championships were held in 1979 for professional cyclists only. Amateur championships were introduced in 1993 but only 3 of these were held as the amateur and professional championships were combined into an open event in 1996. Women's championships were not held until 1998.
She won the women's British Best All-Rounder time trial competition in 1949 and 1950. Her ride in the Yorkshire Cycling Federation 12-hour race in September 1949 set a national record with 237.32 miles (381.93 km). Only four men bettered her distance, the winner of the men's event, Des Robinson, by only six miles (9.6 km).
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988 [3]) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road.. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as five World Championship titles, four in the team pursuit (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014) plus one in the ...