Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She competed for Northern Ireland at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race, 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race. She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother. She rode at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18� ...

. She has competed for the and teams during her career.

Personal life

Outside of cycling, Boylan is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University College Dublin in 2008 and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Since November 2013 she has combined her cycling career with teaching at the University of Nottingham's School of Architecture.

Major results

Source: ;2015 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Scratch, National Track Championships : 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana : 2nd Silver medal europe

Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with

Lydia Gurley Lydia Gurley (born 9 September 1984) is an Irish track and road cyclist. She competed at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the points race, team pursuit and elimination race events. Major results Source: ;2015 : 2nd Road race, Na ...

) : 6th Overall Six Days of London ::2nd Scratch ::2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald) ;2018 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Omnium, National Track Championships ;2019 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships ;2022 : 1st Mallorca 167

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Lydia 1987 births Living people Irish female cyclists Irish track cyclists Sportspeople from Dublin (city) Cyclists at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Ireland Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland 21st-century Irish women