Emily Nelson (born 10 November 1996) is a former English professional

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. Her sister, Josie, is also a cyclist and joined Trinity Racing for the 2021 season.

Career

On 8 August 2013, at the

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, Nelson competed at the

UCI Juniors Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones,

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and

Emily Kay Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a track and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI ...

. In the qualifying heat, they broke the ''senior'' world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the

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, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions. On the road in 2017, Nelson won the third round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Northwich. Nelson followed this up by finishing second at the Lincoln Grand Prix which was part of the National Women's Road Series.

Major results

;2013 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit,

UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

;2014 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships ;2015 :Revolution ::1st Scratch Race - Round 2 - Manchester ::1st Scratch Race - Round 4 – Glasgow ::2nd Scratch Race - Round 3, London ;2016 :

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::1st

Team pursuit (

) ::2nd Team pursuit (

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) ::3rd Points race :

UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

::2nd

Madison race (with

) ::3rd

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: UEC European Under–23 Track Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit ::2nd silver medal blank

Points race : Revolution ::1st Points race - Round 2, Glasgow ::2nd Points race - Round 6, Manchester ::2nd Scratch race - Round 2, Glasgow ::3rd Scratch race - Round 6, Manchester : Revolution Champions League ::1st Points race - Round 1, Manchester ::2nd Omnium - Round 1, Manchester ;2017 :6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola ::1st Madison (with

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) ::2nd Points Race ::2nd Scratch Race : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

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

Madison race,

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(with

Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team . Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a two- ...

) :

::2nd

Madison, Round 1,

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(with

) ::3rd

Team Pursuit, Round 1,

(with Neah Evans,

and

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) : 3rd Overall

Six Days of London The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...

::1st Madison (with Neah Evans) ::3rd Scratch Race : 3rd Points Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow ;2019 :

::1st

Scratch race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...

::2nd

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Emily 1996 births Living people English female cyclists British track cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Sportspeople from Burton upon Trent Commonwealth Games competitors for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games