Lowri Thomas (born 3 March 1999) is a British and Welsh

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Cycling career

Thomas became a British Champion when winning the team sprint event at the

2022 British National Track Championships The 2022 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions. The National Track Championships (excluding certain events) were due to be held from 28 to 30 January 2022 at the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome in Newp ...

alongside teammates

Emma Finucane Emma Finucane (born 22 December 2002) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. She is the 2023 UCI world champion in women's individual sprint, the third Briton (after Victoria Pendleton and Becky James) and second Welsh woman (after James) to win ...

and

Rhian Edmunds Rhian Edmunds (born 4 April 2003) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. Cycling career Edmunds became a double British champion when winning the sprint and team sprint events at the 2022 British National Track Championships. Later that year, s ...

. In April 2022, Thomas, Finucane and Edmunds once again combined to win a bronze medal in the team sprint in round one of the 2022 UCI Nations Cup in

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, setting a new British record in the process. The trio then went on to win bronze in the team sprint at the

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. The Welsh team outperformed all the other home nations, and beating Australia in the Bronze medal ride off, to take third spot on the podium behind New Zealand and Canada.

Major results

;2022 :

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::1st

Team sprint : UCI Nations Cup ::3rd bronze medal blank

Team sprint (Round 1,

) :

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::3rd

Team sprint (with

and

)

References

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* * * * Living people 1999 births British female cyclists British track cyclists Welsh track cyclists Welsh female cyclists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Wales-cycling-bio-stub