Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish

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, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She competed for Northern Ireland at the

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, where she finished 21st in the women's road race, 14th in the

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and 16th in the

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. She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother. She rode at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...

. She has competed for the and teams during her career.

Personal life

Outside of cycling, Boylan is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from

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in 2008 and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from

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in 2010. Since November 2013 she has combined her cycling career with teaching at the

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's School of Architecture.

Major results

Source: ;2015 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Scratch, National Track Championships : 1st Stage 4

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: 2nd

Madison,

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(with

Lydia Gurley Lydia Gurley (born 9 September 1984) is an Irish track and road cyclist. She competed at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the points race, team pursuit and elimination race events. Major results Source: ;2015 : 2nd Road race, Nat ...

) : 6th Overall

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::2nd Scratch ::2nd Madison (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 ...

) ;2018 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Omnium, National Track Championships ;2019 : 2nd Silver medal blank

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;2022 : 1st Mallorca 167

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Lydia 1987 births Living people Academics of the University of Nottingham Alumni of Imperial College London Alumni of University College Dublin Irish female cyclists Irish track cyclists Irish women architects Cyclists from Dublin (city) Cyclists at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Ireland Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland 21st-century Irish sportswomen Irish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Female cyclists from Northern Ireland British female cyclists People of Northern Ireland descent