Orla Walsh is an Irish

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 ...

. She competed individually in the women's scratch, as well as part of the Irish team, at the

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in the

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 ...

. , she holds the Irish record for the 500m time trial at 36.220. She started cycling in her twenties, her transition into elite sportswoman was the subject of a 2021

Global Cycling Network Global Cycling Network (GCN) is a cycling-related YouTube channel which was launched in 2013. It is run by the multi-channel network Play Sports Network, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel is presented by Daniel Lloyd, Under-23 ...

documentary ''Cycling Changed My Life: Orla Walsh''.

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* * 1989 births Living people Irish female cyclists Orwell Wheelers cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Irish women {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub