Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a

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and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI World Cup Track cycling circuit. She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .

Junior career

Kay partook in the 2009 School games and won the individual pursuit and finished second in the Keirin. At the 2010 national youth and junior track championships, Kay placed second in the junior points race, just three points behind

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. In addition, Kay placed second in the under 16's points race and won the under 16's individual pursuit and scratch race titles. Kay won three consecutive future stars series titles at revolution cycling series. On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Kay competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and

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. In the qualifying heat, they broke the ''senior'' world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.

Senior

At the 2009 Dudley Track Open Grand Prix Kay was the winner of the omnium event. Kay won the final stage at the 2012 Surf & Turf weekend to triumph overall. During the 2013 season Kay won the 2013 Hillingdon Grand Prix. At the Coupe de France Fenioux Piste which occurred just before the 2016 Olympic Games, Kay finished fourth in the Omnium. Kay then won the bronze medal at the

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in the team pursuit. In November 2016 Kay joined ahead of the 2017 season.

Major results

;2010 : British National Youth Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ::2nd Points race : 2nd Points race, British National Junior Track Championships ;2011 : British National Youth Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Points race ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ::3rd

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: 3rd Madison, British National Youth Track Championships (with Rebecca Hunt) ;2012 : British National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Team pursuit ::2nd Madison (with Amy Roberts) : British National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2013 : UCI Juniors Track World Championships ::1st jersey rainbow

Team pursuit (with Amy Hill, Hayley Jones and

) ::3rd

Omnium : British National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race : Revolution ::1st Scratch – Round 1, Manchester ::2nd Scratch – Round 2, Glasgow : 3rd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Hayley Jones) ;2014 : 1st Scratch, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix : 2nd Scratch, British National Track Championships ;2015 : Revolution ::1st Points race – Round 3, London ::1st Scratch – Round 3, London ::2nd Points race – Round 4, Glasgow ::2nd Scratch – Round 5, London ::2nd Scratch – Round 2, Manchester ::3rd Points race – Round 2, Manchester ::3rd Scratch – Round 3, Manchester : 3rd Points race, British National Track Championships : 6th

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: 7th

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;2016 :

2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race series over a track cycling season. It was the 25th edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series ran from 4 November 2016 to 26 February 2017 and consiste ...

::1st

Team pursuit, Glasgow (with Ellie Dickinson, Manon Lloyd and

) ::1st

Omnium, Glasgow ::2nd silver medal blank

Omnium, Apeldoorn : UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit (with

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, Manon Lloyd and

) ::3rd

Omnium : Grand Prix of Poland ::1st Scratch ::2nd Points race :

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::2nd

Madison (with

) ::3rd

Team pursuit (with

, Manon Lloyd and

) : 2nd Points race, Revolution Champions League, Round 1 – Manchester : Revolution ::3rd Points race, Round 1 – Manchester ::3rd Points race, Round 5 – Manchester ::3rd Scratch, Round 5 – Manchester ;2017 : Track Cycling Challenge ::1st Madison (with Manon Lloyd) ::1st Points race ::3rd Omnium ::3rd Scratch : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit,

: 3rd

Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków (with

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and Manon Lloyd) : 3rd Individual pursuit, Dublin International ;2018 :

2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 27th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised ...

::1st

Team pursuit, Berlin ::2nd Silver medal blank

Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with

) : 2nd

Scratch,

: British National Track Championships ::2nd Points race ::3rd Individual pursuit ::3rd Madison (with

) : 3rd

Scratch, Commonwealth Games ;2020 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Omnium,

2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It is the 28th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by ...

, Milton ;2021 : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Team pursuit,

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Emily 1995 births Living people Irish female cyclists English female cyclists British track cyclists Sportspeople from Bromsgrove Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Ireland Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games