Elinor Barker

Elinor Jane Barker, MBE (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Drops.[3] Representing Welsh Cycling and Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic, two-time world and six-time European champion in the team pursuit, as well as a two-time world champion in the points race and scratch race. Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[4][5]

Elinor Barker
MBE
Barker (2020)
Personal information
Full nameElinor Jane Barker
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994
Cardiff, Wales
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Road: Time trialist
  • Track: Pursuitist
Amateur teams
2005–2007Maindy Flyers
2008Kidney Wales For Escentual
2009–2011Cardiff Ajax
2012Scott Contessa Epic RT[2]
Professional teams
2012–2014Team USN (track)
2013–2014Wiggle–Honda (road)
2015–2017Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling
2018Wiggle High5
2019Drops

Career

Early life

Elinor Jane Barker from Heath, Cardiff, is the daughter of Graham Barker, deputy headteacher at St Julian's Comprehensive School in Newport.[6] She has two older siblings, Joe and Harri and a sister, Megan, three years her junior and also a successful racing cyclist.[7] She attended Llanishen High School.[6]

Junior career

Barker took up cycling with the Maindy Flyers at the age of 10, as a way of getting out of swimming classes.[6][8] She was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy,[7] but remained based in Wales until she completed her A-levels in 2013, after which she moved to Manchester to train full-time at Manchester Velodrome.[9]

She became the Junior Time Trial world champion in 2012, completing the 15.6-kilometre (9.7-mile) course in Valkenburg, Netherlands in 22 minutes and 26.29 seconds, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of Denmark by 35.87 seconds. Subsequently, Barker was named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2012.[10]

Professional career

In 2013, she became a senior world champion for the first time as a member of the team pursuit squad at the UCI Track World Championships.

Barker represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, winning silver and bronze medals.[11][12]

In September 2014 it was announced that Barker would follow in the footsteps of teammate Laura Trott and join the Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling team for 2015.[13]

At her home world championships in London, Barker was part of the pursuit team along with Ciara Horne, Joanna Rowsell Shand and Trott to claim the bronze medal; after a disappointing qualifying ride.[14] At the 2016 Olympic Games, Barker along with Katie Archibald, Rowsell Shand and Trott claimed the gold medal in the team pursuit in a world record time of four minutes and 10.236 seconds.[15]

Returning to the track after the Olympics, Barker claimed the silver medal at the European Championships.[16] Barker followed this by winning the points race at the world cup in Apeldoorn.[17] Barker then claimed the title at the Six Days of Amsterdam.[18] Barker closed 2016 with success in the national Madison championships alongside Laura Kenny.[19] Starting 2017 Barker finished second in the ominium event and third in the scratch race at the national championships.[20] Barker finished an impressive third in the points race at the world cup event in Los Angeles, despite having just 15 minutes rest after the Madison event.[21] At the Six days series final, despite not winning a race in Mallorca, Barker won the title.[22] At the World Championships, Barker claimed two silver medals, one in the scratch race and the other in the Madison alongside Emily Nelson.[23][24] Barker went on to win her first individual world title in the points race.[25]

For the 2018 season Barker decided to join Wiggle High5,[26] and joined Drops for 2019, after Wiggle High5 folded.

Major results

Winning gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gold in the madison at the Europeans with Ellie Dickinson

Track

2011
National Junior Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Scratch race
2nd Individual pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships
2012
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit (with Lucy Garner and Amy Roberts)
2nd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI World Cup, Cali
UCI Junior World Championships
2nd Omnium
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Team pursuit
2013
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
3rd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI World Cup, Aguascalientes
2014
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2014–15 UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Guadalajara
1st Team pursuit, London
3rd Points race, London
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
Revolution
1st Scratch Race – Round 3, Manchester
2nd Points Race – Round 2, Manchester
3rd Points Race – Round 3, Manchester
3rd Scratch Race – Round 4, Manchester
1st Team pursuit, National Championships (With Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott)[27]
Commonwealth Games
2nd Points race
3rd Scratch race
2015
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
Revolution
1st Points Race – Round 6, Manchester
1st Scratch Race – Round 3, Manchester
2nd Points Race – Round 3, Manchester
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI World Cup, Cali
2016
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2016–17 UCI World Cup
1st Points race, Apeldoorn
2nd Team pursuit, Hong Kong
1st Omnium, Six Days of Amsterdam[18]
1st Madison, National Championships (with Laura Kenny)[19]
2nd Scratch race, UEC European Championships
Revolution Series
2nd Points Race – Round 1, Manchester
2nd Points Race – Round 5, Manchester
Revolution Champions League
2nd Points Race, Round 2 – London
3rd Omnium, Round 1 – Manchester
3rd Points Race, Round 1 – Manchester
3rd Scratch Race, Round 2 – London
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2017
UCI World Championships
1st Points race
2nd Scratch race
2nd Madison (with Emily Nelson)
UEC European Championships
1st Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)
2nd Team pursuit
2017–18 UCI World Cup
1st Madison, Manchester
1st Team Pursuit, Manchester
2nd Madison, Pruszków (with Emily Nelson)[28]
1st Omnium, Six Day Final, Mallorca
National Track Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Scratch race
3rd Scratch Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 1, London
2018
1st Points race, Commonwealth Games
1st Madison, National Championships (with Katie Archibald)
2nd Scratch Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 3, Manchester
2019
1st Scratch race, UCI World Championships
2020
1st Points race, UCI World Championships
1st Elimination race, UEC European Track Championships

Road

2011
1st Stratford-upon-Avon Team Series
1st Stage 1 Essex Giro
2nd Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2012
1st Jubilee Road Race
1st Duncan Murray Wines Road Race
1st Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Hillingdon Grand Prix
2nd Overall 2 Days of Bedford
1st Stage 4
2013
1st Otley Grand Prix
2014
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2017
1st Overall Rás na mBan
1st Queen of the Hills classification[29]
1st Stages 3[30] & 4[31]
3rd Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT
National Road Championships
4th Road race
5th Time trial
7th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
1st Stage 2a

References

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  2. "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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  7. Chris Sidwells (22 November 2012). "Ride: Elinor Barker in South Wales". Cycling Weekly.
  8. Alasdair Fotheringham (19 September 2012). "Cycling: Elinor Barker shows next generation is in very safe hands". The Independent.
  9. Robin Scott-Elliot (31 October 2013). "Elinor Barker prepares to complete her education on the track". The Independent.
  10. Rebecca Ransom (11 December 2012). "Elinor Barker named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year". British Cycling.
  11. "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 9 July 2014.
  12. BBC Sport – Glasgow 2014, "Glasgow 2014 day four: Elinor Barker denied gold by Laura Trott", 27 July 2014. Accessed 27 July 2014
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  14. "GB women's team pursuit squad salvage bronze at Track Worlds". Cycling Weekly. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  15. "Rio Olympics 2016: Laura Trott makes history as GB's women win team pursuit – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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