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Lauren Ellis (born 19 April 1989) is a New Zealand former road and track cyclist.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 April 1989 (age 35) Ashburton, New Zealand |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Pursuitist |
Medal record | |
Ellis rode the team pursuit at the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing with Kaytee Boyd and Alison Shanks, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers.[1] They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.[2]
In 2009, she won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit World Championships with Jaime Nielsen and Alison Shanks.
Ellis won a silver medal in the women's points race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 World Championships.[3]
She won bronze at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Team Pursuit, setting a world record.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit. The New Zealand team placed 5th and set the current national record of 3:18.514.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit and Omnium. The New Zealand team placed 4th and set a national record of 4:17.592 during the first round. Ellis also placed 4th in the Omnium.
- 2006
- 1st
Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships - 2nd
Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships - 2007
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships - 2008
- 1st Points race, National Track Championships
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships - 2009
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- 1st
Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne - 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2010
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2nd Points race, Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2011
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
- 8th Individual pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 1st Points race, National Track Championships
- 1st Omnium, Invercargill
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit (with Jaime Nielsen, Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams)
- 1st
- 1st Scratch, National Track Championships
- BikeNZ Classic
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Omnium
- 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Cup
- 2015
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of America's Dairyland
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Omnium, Super Drome Cup
- 2016
- Festival of Speed
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 2019
- 1st Madison, National Track Championships
- 3rd Individual pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
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