Laura Brown is a Canadian cyclist who competes on the

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including as a member of the Canadian

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

team. As a reserve, Brown was part of the Canadian team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the women's team pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in the team pursuit. She also won the

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at the Manchester round of the

2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2013–2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the twenty-second series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 1 November ...

. Brown took up cycling in 2002 after giving up competing in gymnastics due to an ongoing back injury. In October 2014 the UnitedHealthcare Women's Team announced that Brown would be part of their squad for the 2015 season. In 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.

Major results

;2013 :1st Points Race, Challenge International sur piste :Los Angeles Grand Prix ::1st Team Pursuit (with Allison Beveridge, Gillian Carleton,

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) ::2nd Omnium ;2015 :1st gold medal blank

Team Pursuit,

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

(with Allison Beveridge,

and Kirsti Lay)

Early years

As a young gymnast, Laura Brown always wanted to compete at the Olympic Games. But after a back injury as a teenager, she switched sports and started cycling at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. While there, she watched Canada’s top speed skaters (including

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) train before heading off to win multiple medals at Salt Lake City 2002. Those “superheroes” fired up her Olympic dream.

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* 1986 births Canadian female cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Cyclists from Alberta Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Living people Sportspeople from Calgary Canadian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists of Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Pan American Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub