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Emily Nelson (born 10 November 1996) is a former English professional
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 ...
. Her sister, Josie, is also a cyclist and joined Trinity Racing for the 2021 season.


Career

On 8 August 2013, at the
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, these venues hosted the badminto ...
in
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, Nelson competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones,
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and Emily Kay. In the qualifying heat, they broke the ''senior'' world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the
European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...
, 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. On the road in 2017, Nelson won the third round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Northwich. Nelson followed this up by finishing second at the Lincoln Grand Prix which was part of the National Women's Road Series.


Major results

;2013 : 1st Team pursuit,
UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by ...
;2014 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships ;2015 :Revolution ::1st Scratch Race - Round 2 - Manchester ::1st Scratch Race - Round 4 – Glasgow ::2nd Scratch Race - Round 3, London ;2016 :
UCI Track World Cup The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) was a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held ...
::1st Team pursuit (
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) ::2nd Team pursuit (
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) ::3rd Points race :
UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...
::2nd Madison race (with Emily Kay) ::3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: UEC European Under–23 Track Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Points race : Revolution ::1st Points race - Round 2, Glasgow ::2nd Points race - Round 6, Manchester ::2nd Scratch race - Round 2, Glasgow ::3rd Scratch race - Round 6, Manchester : Revolution Champions League ::1st Points race - Round 1, Manchester ::2nd Omnium - Round 1, Manchester ;2017 :6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola ::1st Madison (with
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) ::2nd Points Race ::2nd Scratch Race : National Track Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race ::3rd Omnium : 2nd Madison race,
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
(with
Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team . Representing British Cycling, Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champio ...
) :
UCI Track World Cup The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) was a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held ...
::2nd Madison, Round 1,
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(with
Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team . Representing British Cycling, Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champio ...
) ::3rd Team Pursuit, Round 1,
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(with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Manon Lloyd) : 3rd Overall
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::1st Madison (with Neah Evans) ::3rd Scratch Race : 3rd Points Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow ;2019 :
UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...
::1st
Scratch race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...
::2nd Elimination race


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Emily 1996 births Living people English female cyclists British female cyclists English track cyclists British track cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Sportspeople from Burton upon Trent Commonwealth Games competitors for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen