Eleanor Richardson (born 1 July 1986) is a Scottish female

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 ...

, representing Great Britain and Scotland at international competitions. Richardson represented Scotland at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. She competed at the 2015 UCI London Track Cycling World Cup and the

2016 UEC European Track Championships The 2016 UEC European Track Championships is the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and will take place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 a ...

in the 500m time trial event and team sprint event. A former 200m Scottish Schools National Champion in athletics, Eleanor won ten Scottish National titles in Track Cycling in the sprint disciplines before retiring from competitive sport. Eleanor is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist with a BSc(Hons) in Physiotherapy and an MSc in Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Practice.

Career results

;2014 :Hong Kong International Track Cup ::1st 500m Time Trial ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Sprint :3rd Sprint, Hong Kong International Track Classic :1st 500m tt :1st Sprint :1st Team Sprint, Scottish National Track Cycling Championships :8th 500m tt, Commonwealth Games Glasgow ;2015 :3rd Sprint, Revolution - Round 4, Glasgow :3rd 500m tt :3rd Team Sprint, British National Track Cycling Championships ;2016 :5th Team Sprint, European Track Cycling Championships :1st 500m tt, Scottish National Track Cycling Championships

References

1986 births Living people Scottish female cyclists Scottish track cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland 3. https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/15428119.cyclist-ellie-richardson-reaches-finishing-line/ {{UK-cycling-bio-stub