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Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a
racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
competing for Ireland. She holds the Irish National records for the 10 miles, 25 miles and 50 miles individual time trials.


Career

In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25-mile time trial and top 10 in The British Elite time trial. Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey qualified to represent Scotland at the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...
in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial and 12th in the individual pursuit. Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the
Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycle sport, cycling races to decide the Irish National Cycling Championships, cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usual ...
in June 2016. In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the
2016 European Road Championships The 2016 European Road Cycling Championships was the 22nd running of the European Road Cycling Championships, that took place over 14–18 September 2016 in Plumelec, France. The event consisted of a total of 5 road races and 5 time trials, regu ...
and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships. Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the
2016 UEC European Track Championships The 2016 UEC European Track Championships was the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 and 23 ...
in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8t

in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursui

Away from cycling, Turvey works as an Optometry, Optometrist. She is the cousin of British Professional Racing driver Oliver Turvey.


Major results

;2019 :2nd Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Time Tria

:2nd RTTC National 10-mile Championship

:12th UEC Road European Championships Elite Women Individual Time Tria

:34th UCI Road World Championships Elite Women Individual Time tria

;2018 :3rd RTTC National 25 Mile Road Time Trial Championship

:1st RTTC National 10 Miles Road Time Trial Championship

:7th Chrono Champenois Trophee Europeen (1.1) (Betheny, France

:1st RTTC National 50 Mile Road Time Trial Championship

:9th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time trial WE (1.1) (Les Herbiers, France

: Beryl Burton Trophy (Champions of Champions

;2017 :19th European Road cycling Championships individual time trial (Herning, Denmark

:3rd RTTC National 25-mile Individual Time Trial Championship

: 17th Individual Pursuit UCI Track World Championships (Hong Kong

: 10th Individual Pursuit UCI Track cycling World Cup IV (Los Angeles

;2016 :1st Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Time Trial,
Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycle sport, cycling races to decide the Irish National Cycling Championships, cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usual ...
:10th Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Road Race,
Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycle sport, cycling races to decide the Irish National Cycling Championships, cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usual ...
: 2nd RCTT National 25 Miles Championshi

: 2nd RCTT National 10 Miles Championshi

:24th European Elite Road cycling Championships (Plumelec, Franc

: 28th UCI Road World Championships (Doha, Qata

:3rd European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women 3 km Individual Pursuit
2016 UEC European Track Championships The 2016 UEC European Track Championships was the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 and 23 ...
:8th European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women Team Pursui

with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns ;2015 :1st RTTC National Team Time Trial Championship with
Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...
and Ciara Horne ;2014 :9th Commonwealth Games Individual Time Tria

:12th Commonwealth Games 3 km Individual Pursui

: 1st Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Championships Scottish National Track Championships :1st Scottish Cycling National 25 Mile Time Trial Championship

;2013 :1st British National Duathlon Championships (Age Grou

:1st British National Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships (Age Grou

:8th British Elite Road cycling Time Tria

:2nd RTTC National 50 Miles Road Time Trial Championship

:2nd RTTC National 25 miles Road Time Trial Championships

:4th ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (London

:2nd Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Track Championship

: 13th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time tria

;2012 :1st British National Duathlon Championships (Age Group

:3rd ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (Auckland

;2011 :2nd ETU Duathlon European Championships (Limerick, Ireland

:1st ETU Triathlon European (sprint distance) Championships (Age Group) (Pontevedra, Spain

:2nd ITU World Triathlon Final Sprint Distance (Age Group) (Beijing, China)


See also

* 2016 national road cycling championships


References


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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turvey, Anna 1980 births Living people Duathletes British female triathletes Irish female cyclists Scottish female cyclists British female cyclists Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Sunderland Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland 21st-century Scottish sportswomen 21st-century Irish sportswomen