Ashton Lambie (born December 12, 1990) is an American

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

known for being the first person to complete an

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

in under 4 minutes, and for his

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Career

Lambie races on gravel in Kansas. In his debut at the Track National Championship, Lambie won the Individual Pursuit, and finished second in the

omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

and

points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...

. This earned Lambie a spot on Team USA. His first race with Team USA was the 2017 Pan-American Championships.

Major results

;2017 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotUSA

Individual pursuit ::2nd Omnium ::2nd Points race : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit,

UCI Track World Cup The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...

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;2018 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotUSA

Individual pursuit ::3rd Omnium : Pan American Championships ::1st Pan American Champions Jersey

Individual pursuit ::1st Pan American Champions Jersey

Team pursuit ;2019 : 1st Men's

Unbound Gravel Unbound Gravel, formerly known as the Dirty Kanza, is an event comprising gravel racing covering various distances held annually during the late spring in the Flint Hills region of the Great Plains around Emporia, Kansas, United States. The race ...

100 : Pan American Championships ::1st Pan American Champions Jersey

Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit ;2020 : 2nd Silver medal blank

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 ...

;2021 : 1st Jersey rainbow

World records

Personal life

He is a partner of a

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and

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astronaut candidate Christina Birch.

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* 1990 births Living people American male cyclists American track cyclists Sportspeople from Lincoln, Nebraska Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from Nebraska Sports world record holders 21st-century American people {{US-cycling-bio-stub