Crystal Lane-Wright (née Lane; born 13 September 1985) is a British Paralympic

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cyclist competing in C5 events. A bronze medallist in the Road World Championships in 2011, she competed for Great Britain team at the

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. At the 2016 Games in Rio she took silver medal in the individual pursuit and bronze in the road race. In 2018, she won the individual pursuit at the Rio de Janeiro Track World Championships. The same year she also took silver in individual time trial and bronze in the road race in the Road World Championships held in Maniago.

Personal history

Lane-Wright was born with an under-developed left arm and took up sport as a youth and was active in football, playing at county level. In 2008, she watched Sarah Storey compete at the

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in Beijing. She noticed that she had a similar disability to Storey and realised that she could classify as a Paralympic athlete. After a 2009 Great Britain campaign to find athletes for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lane-Wright applied and was accepted for trials. By December 2010 she was part of a three athletes selected as part of the GB Para-Cycling Team for 2011. Lane-Wright made her international debut in 2011 competing in the Road World Championships in

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, Denmark. She finished 9th in the C5 Time Trial and took the bronze medal in the C5 road race, the gold going to GB team mate Sarah Storey. In 2012 Lane-Wright entered the UCI World Cup in Rome. There she finished 4th in the Road Race and 5th in the Time Trial. Lane-Wright qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in all three of her specialised events, C5 track pursuit, C5 time trial and C4-5 road race. Lane-Wright was part of the UK cycling team at the postponed

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. Outside cycling Lane-Wright was a student

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, studying for an

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in Sport Nutrition. Crystal graduated from the

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with a 2:1 in Exercise and Sports Science in 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Cystal 1985 births Living people English track cyclists English female cyclists Paralympic cyclists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Chelmsford Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Alumni of Loughborough University Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in cycling