Lily Williams (born June 24, 1994) is an American professional

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, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Williams, the daughter of Olympic

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Sarah Docter Williams, grew up in Florida and ran cross country for

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. After graduating from Vanderbilt, she enrolled at

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in 2016 and took up an interest in competitive cycling. In June 2021, she qualified to represent the United States at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. She competed in the qualifying round of the women's team pursuit in track cycling. Team USA went on to earn a bronze medal in the final. At the

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, Williams won the gold medal in women's team pursuit in track cycling alongside

Chloé Dygert Chloé Dygert ( ; born January 1, 1997) is an American professional Bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She has won eight gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and four medal ...

, Kristen Faulkner, and

Jennifer Valente Jennifer Marie Valente (born December 24, 1994) is an American professional Cycle sport, racing cyclist who is a two-time gold medalist in women's omnium at the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium, 2020 and Cycling at the 2024 ...

. This was the first ever team track cycling gold medal in U.S. history.https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/local/2024/08/07/lily-williams-olympics-gold-medal-womens-pursuit-team-cycling/74710038007/

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* * 1994 births Living people American female cyclists American track cyclists Sportspeople from Tallahassee, Florida UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in cycling Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportswomen Cyclists from Florida Vanderbilt University alumni Medill School of Journalism alumni {{US-cycling-bio-1990s-stub