Rhian Edmunds
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| Born | 4 April 2003[1] Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Newport Velo Youth CC[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | sprint, team sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rhian Edmunds (born 4 April 2003) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. She was a bronze medalist representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a three-time silver medalist representing Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships, winning the medals in the team sprint, individual sprint and the kierin.[3][4]
Cycling career
Edmunds became a double British champion when winning the sprint and team sprint events at the 2022 British National Track Championships.[5][6] Later that year, she claimed a bronze medal representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, racing alongside Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas.[7]
She competed on the track at the U23 European Track Championships in Portugal, winning the gold medal in the U23 Team Sprint.[8]
She finished as runner-up in the women’s kierin to Lauren Bell at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, in Manchester.[9][10]
She was runner-up to Bell in the individual sprint at the 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships.[11] She competed for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, winning a silver medal in the women’s kierin event, pipped to gold by nine-thousandths of a second by Dutch racer Steffie van der Peet.[12] She also won a silver medal at the championships in the women’s individual sprint competition, edged out in the final by Yana Burlakova.[13] Partnering with Lauren Bell and Rhianna Parris-Smith, she was also a silver medalist in the women's team sprint, finishing runners-up to the Netherlands team.[14]
Major results
- 2022
- National Track Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team sprint
- Commonwealth Games
- 3rd Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas)
References
- ^ "Profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Profile". UCI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3". Velo UK. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Welsh teenagers light up home cycling championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Cyclist Emma Finucane claims second bronze medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Welsh Riders Ready to Race at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". beiciocymru.org. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Report: Day 3 British Track Championships". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Falkingham, Katie (25 February 2024). "National Track Championships 2024: Lauren Bell among winners on day three in Manchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "DAY 3 REPORT: BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". VeloUK. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Edmunds wins keirin silver for GB at Europeans". BBC Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Charlton wins GB's first European gold in Belgium". BBC Sport. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Stars Secure Six Medals at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". Beiciocymru.org. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.