Amelia Walsh (born 2 August 1992) is a Canadian cyclist. She started as a BMX rider at age 15. She won several provincial championships before she began representing her nation at international competitions. She competed in the

UCI BMX World Championships UCI BMX World Championships are the World championship for BMX racing (bicycle motocross) held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), sport's international governing body. Summary IBMXF UCI BMX (cancelled) 20 ...

in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Prior to that she competed in the 2009 World Junior Championships. She was the Canadian BMX Women's Champion title holder in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Career

Track cycling

Walsh switched to compete in

track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...

after the 2016 BMX season and together with teammate Kate O'Brien captured a silver medal in the 2017 World Cup event in Los Angeles in team sprint. She competed for

Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Canada competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April – 15 April 2018. It was Canada's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. On 6 October 2016, ...

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* * 1992 births Living people Female BMX riders Canadian track cyclists Canadian female cyclists Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in cycling Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Canadian BMX riders {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub