Lusia Steele (born 21 June 2000) is a Scottish
racing cyclist.
Biography
Steele starting riding for her local club, the Johnstone Jets in 2008.
In 2016, Steele won seven Scottish titles during the year.
In late November of that year, Steele took part in the Scottish Cycling Performance Programme, as part of her preparation to move up to the junior level.
In August 2018, Steele made her debut for the British team at the
2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
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in Switzerland.
Out of the fourteen riders, she was the only Scottish cyclist on the team for the Championships.
A month prior to the Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Steele had won two British Junior titles.
In November 2020, she competed in the
women's team sprint event at the
2020 UEC European Track Championships
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in
Plovdiv
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, Bulgaria, winning the silver medal. On her return to Scotland following the Championships in Bulgaria, Steele was praised by local councilors from
Renfrewshire, saying that she had "put Renfrewshire on the map". Following her success in Bulgaria, Steele said her next targets are the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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in
Birmingham
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, and the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in Paris. Steele was also named as one of the five finalists for the Glasgow Times Young Scotswoman of the Year award.
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2000 births
Living people
Scottish female cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games