Lauryn Therin (born 19 January 1986) is a British

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 ...

and a former bobsledder and

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athlete. Initially she focused on

sports as a youth, mainly taking part in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

.Lauren Therin
Power of 10. Retrieved on 2014-09-28. Her international debut came in the discus throw at the

2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes organised by the IAAF. It was held in Sherbrooke, Canada from the 9–13 July at the Université de Sh ...

, where she came eighth in qualifying.Lauren Therin
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-09-28. She was a double bronze medallist in the discus and javelin at the

Athletics at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games At the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, the athletics events were held at the La Trobe University Athletics Complex in Bendigo, Australia from 2–3 December. A total of 34 events were contested, divided equally between the sexes. Among the medallis ...

(the discus was won by future world champion

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). She went on to study at

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, where she competed in various throws events. She represented Jersey at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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, coming fourteenth in the discus throw. Following that, she had her highest finish at national level, taking fourth place in the javelin at the British Athletics Championships. The repeated that finish the following year. The

2007 Island Games The 2007 Island Games were the 12th edition of the Island Games, and were held in Rhodes, Greece, from June 30 to July 6, 2007. Medal count Sports The sports chosen for the games were: See also * Basketball at the 2007 Island Games * Women' ...

saw Therin take a

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sweep in the throws by coming first in the shot, discus and javelin events. She was also part of the Jersey women's 4×100 metres relay team. This was to be her final international athletics competition, however. Her personal best results were 47.25 metres in the discus throw, achieved in 2005; and 52.09 metres in the javelin throw, achieved in May 2007 in

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. She competed in

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and was a medallist for Great Britain at the FIBT World Championships 2008. She left the sport that same year and took part in

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's Girls4Gold programme, which identified her talent for cycling. She established herself as a national level cyclist at the 2012

British National Team Sprint Championships The British National Team Sprint Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. A women's championship was held for the first time in 2008. Results Men Women See also * Brit ...

, where she shared in the silver medal with teammate

Eleanor Richardson Eleanor Richardson (born 1 July 1986) is a Scottish female track cyclist, representing Great Britain and Scotland at international competitions. Richardson represented Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She competed at the 2015 UCI London ...

. She began acting as a tandem pilot for visually-impaired Paralympian cyclists and she helped Aileen McGlynn to two bronze medals at the

2013 British National Track Championships The 2013 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 25 to 29 September 2013, at the Manchester Velodrome. They were organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists. Com ...

. The following year she piloted

Rhiannon Henry Rhiannon Henry (born 20 May 1987) is a Welsh swimmer, paracyclist and paratriathlete who has competed in the Paralympic Games on three occasions winning two medals in swimming events. She also won World and European Championship medals as a sw ...

to a silver medal at the 2014 event. She and Henry teamed up again for the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.Great Britain para-cyclists head to Tuscany to begin Paralympic road qualification
British Paralympic Association. Retrieved on 2014-09-28.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Therin, Lauryn Living people 1986 births British female cyclists British track cyclists British female bobsledders British female discus throwers British female javelin throwers Jersey athletes Commonwealth Games competitors for Jersey Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Jersey sportswomen 21st-century British women