Anna Blyth
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Anna Elizabeth Blyth |
Born | Leeds, England, United Kingdom | 15 May 1988
Team information | |
Discipline | Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Keirin |
Amateur team | |
2008 | VC St Raphael |
Major wins | |
Junior Keirin World Champion |
Anna Blyth (born 15 May 1988)[1] is an English racing cyclist from Leeds. She began racing at 15, having been spotted by British Cycling at Benton Park. She joined the World Class Start Programme, becoming a member of the Olympic Development Plan and the Olympic Academy.[2]
Palmarès
[edit]- 2005
- 2nd Sprint, UCI World Track Championship, Austria – Junior
- 3rd Keirin, UCI World Track Championship, Austria – Junior
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 2006
- 3rd 500m Time trial, European Track Championships, Germany – Under 23
- 1st Keirin, UCI World Track Championships, Belgium – Junior
- 2nd Sprint, UCI World Track Championships, Belgium – Junior
- National Track Championships
- 1st Scratch race, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 2007
- 1st Keirin, European Track Championships, Germany – Under 23
- British National Track Championships
- 3rd 500m time trial, UCI Track World Cup, Round 4, Manchester
- 2nd Team sprint, UCI Track World Cup, Round 4, Manchester
- 4th Keirin, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2008
- British National Track Championships
- 1st 500m TT, British National Track Championships
- 1st Team Sprint (with Victoria Pendleton)
- UEC European U23 Track Championships
- 2010
- 3rd Scratch race, Commonwealth Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Anna Blyth Bio". British Cycling.
- ^ "Cycling in schools – for and against". Cycling Weekly. 17 January 2008.
External links
[edit]- Anna Blyth at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Anna Blyth profile at The National Lottery
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Cyclists from Leeds
- English track cyclists
- British track cyclists
- English female cyclists
- British female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- English cycling biography stubs