Lauren Bate (born 24 October 1999) is a former

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 ...

. She rode in the women's team sprint event at the

2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2018. They took place in the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with ...

and went on to win bronze in the event in 2021. At the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

, she won bronze in the

team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...

event. Bate became British champion when winning the Sprint Championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships. It was her first individual title having won the

in 2017 and 2018. She announced her retirement on 18 August 2023, aged 23.

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* 1999 births Living people English female cyclists British female cyclists English track cyclists British track cyclists People from Billinge, Merseyside Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling {{UK-cycling-bio-stub