Alexander Edmondson (born 22 December 1993) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for

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. Edmondson was a member of the Australian Olympic Track Cycling team at the

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, alongside his sister,

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. In

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he was world champion in the

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. He won the silver medal in the

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at the

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Early life and amateur career

Edmondson was born above a Chinese coffee shop in

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. He lived in both the

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and the

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before returning to Australia at the end of 1998. Edmondson and his sister both attended St. John's Grammar School, in the Adelaide Hills. At the age of 18, Edmondson became the 2nd youngest cyclist ever to be selected for an Australian Olympic Team. With his sister Annette they became the first brother and sister combination to be selected to represent Australia at the same Olympics. For recognition of his achievements Edmondson was awarded a scholarship with the

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. In 2013, he won the South Australian Sports Star of the Year award. Previous winners have included

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and

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. In March 2014, Edmondson competed in the

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winning two World Titles in the

and

. A few months later Edmondson won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the

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. He is also a dual Junior World Champion where his records still stand today.

Professional career

In January 2015, it was reported in the ''

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Major results

Road

;2014 : 1st Stage 6 Tour of Gippsland ;2015 : 1st

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: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 9th Overall Paris–Arras Tour ;2016 : 2nd

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: 3rd

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: 3rd Overall Paris–Arras Tour ;2018 (1 pro win) : 1st MaillotAustralia

Road race, National Championships ;2019 : 1st Jersey blue

Points classification, CRO Race : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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;2023 : 4th Overall ZLM Tour ;2024 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2011 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Team pursuit ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Madison :

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::1st

Team pursuit ::2nd Madison ::3rd Omnium :

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, Astana ::1st Madison ::2nd Team pursuit : 3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Madison, Oceania Championships ;2012 : 1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Madison, Oceania Championships : 1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit,

::1st Team pursuit, London ::2nd Team pursuit, Beijing ;2013 : 1st Rainbow Jersey Track

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::1st

Points race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2014 :

::1st

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::1st

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::1st

::2nd

::1st

Omnium ::1st MaillotAustralia

Madison ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ;2015 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit,

: 3rd

;2016 :

::1st

Points race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Scratch ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit : 2nd Silver medal olympic

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References

External links

*
Profile at Cycling Australia

Profile at Australian Olympic Team
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmondson, Alexander 1993 births Australian male cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games cyclists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists from Adelaide UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists in cycling Australian track cyclists People from Miri 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Sarawak Sportsmen from South Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling