Emily Rosemond (born 11 March 1986 in Cairns) is an

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short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

, who represented Australia at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

before changing sports and representing Australia in

track cycling 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 ...

. Rosemond was given the Keys to the City of Brisbane in 2006 after her Olympic debut at the age of 19 years.Emily Rosemond made her Olympic debut as a short track speed skater at the 2006

Torino Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. She contested the 1000m and 1500m, finishing 12th and 25th respectively. Rosemond's short track career was interrupted by an ACL rupture, six months before her Olympic Games debut. Rosemond retired from short track speed skating in 2008 after the World Championships, and took up the sport of track cycling. Rosemond represented Australia in

Track Cycling 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 ...

from 2008 to 2011. She made her first Australian cycling team in the 2008/09 season where she won a Silver medal at the 2008 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia in the

Team Sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...

, she also won the Oceanic Games in the sprint, keirin and team sprint events before competing at the World Championships in Copenhagen in 2009. In the 2009 at the UCI Melbourne World Cup in track cycling she continued her progression winning a silver medal in the women's team sprint with her wife Kerrie Meares. At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

in Delhi, India she advanced through to the finals of the women's sprint and won a bronze medal. She retired from track cycling in 2011 after suffering a shoulder tear. In the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland she carried the Queen's Baton in her home town Cairns and rode the derny during the Women's keirin events.

Honors

;2006 :Awarded

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of Brisbane, Australia ;2010 :

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Honours ;2018 :Queens Baton Bearer Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Cairns

Career Highlights

;2005 :Australian Short Track National Champion ;2006 :Australian Short Track National Champion ;2006 :12th "Den Hague", Netherlands, ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup :15th "Bormio, Italy" ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup :12th Winter Olympic Games, Torino, Italy (1000 event) ;2008 :1st Team Sprint Australian Track Championships NSW :2nd Keirin Australian Track Championships NSW :2nd Team Sprint 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS :3rd Sprint Australian Track Championships NSW :3rd Keirin Oceania Track Championhships AUS :3rd Team Sprint Oceania Track Championships AUS :4th Sprint Oceania Track Championships AUS :8th Sprint 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS :10th Keirin 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS ;2009 :1st Team Sprint Australian Track Championships SA :2nd Keirin Australian Track Championships SA :2nd Keirin UCI Track World Cup COL :3rd Time Trial Australian Track Championships SA :3rd Team Sprint 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS :4th Sprint Australian Track Championships SA :8th Keirin 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS :10th Sprint 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS ;2010 :1st Team Sprint 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA :1st Sprint 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL :1st Team Sprint 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL :1st Keirin 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL :2nd Keirin 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA :2nd Time Trial 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL :2nd Team Sprint UCI Track World Cup CHN :2nd Flying 200m Sprint Perth Winter Track Grand Prix WA :2nd Final 200m Sprint Perth Winter Track Grand Prix WA :3rd Sprint 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA :3rd Sprint Commonwealth Games IND :4th Keirin 2010/11 UCI Track World Cup – Cali Round COL :Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist (Delhi, India)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosemond, Emily 1986 births Living people Australian female short track speed skaters Australian female cyclists Australian track cyclists Cyclists from Queensland Olympic short track speed skaters of Australia Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games