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Emma Davies Jones ( Davies, born 4 October 1978) is a British
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. She competed in the
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and
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.


Biography

Born in
Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. Knutsford is south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and 12.5 miles (20 km) south-east of Warrington. The population at the 2011 Census wa ...
,
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
. Davies began cycling with the
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in 1990, aged 12, the first time she went out on a ride she fell, but made Harry Hall promise not to tell her parents in case the prevented her from participating in future. She enjoyed the experience so much she went on to compete, representing Britain at the UCI Junior World Championships in 1995 and 1996. She changed disciplines in 1997, from being a sprinter to an endurance track rider. Her riding developed which reflected in her results and maturity. She was then selected to compete at the
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. Davies became the pursuit national champion in 2001 and successfully defended her title in 2002. Davies began competing in the pursuit at the
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, taking her first gold medal in the event in round 1 of the 2002 Track World Cup in
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, many more medals followed but was to be her only gold. In 2003, she held on to her title as pursuit national champion, and also won the national points race championship. She won both championships again in 2004, making her pursuit champion for four consecutive years. Davies married Jason Jones in September 2005, and one month later in October 2005 she had her back broken in a
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incident near the
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in
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
. Davies was worried she would never be able to cycle again, but resumed training on 10 January 2006. On 20 March that year, she competed in the pursuit at the
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in
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,
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, winning the bronze medal. Davies rode for the Belgian team, and lived in Belgium in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, she signed a contract with Team Swift. She lived in
Alsager Alsager ( ) is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. The town's population was 13,389 at the 2021 census. ''The Mere'' is a ...
,
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for a while but now lives in Llanychan near
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. Following her back injury, Davies established a charity, ''Emma's Spinal Hope'', in order to raise money for research into spinal injuries. In 2010, Davies began working for the low cost airline easyJet as cabin crew. Currently, Davies lives in Paris, France and still works for easyJet but now holds the rank of Cabin Manager.


Palmarès


Track

;1998 :3rd Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
;1999 :2nd Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:5th Pursuit,
European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...
, Under 23 ;2000 :2nd Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
;2001 :1st Pursuit,
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:2nd Pursuit, Round 1,
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, 2001 Track World Cup :5th Pursuit,
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;2002 :1st Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:1st Pursuit, Round 1,
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, 2002 Track World Cup :2nd
British National Time Trial Championships The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...
:4th Pursuit, 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships :4th Pursuit,
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;2003 :1st Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:1st Points race,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:3th Scratch race,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
;2004 :1af Pursuit,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:1af Points race,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:4th Scratch race,
British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...
:3rd Pursuit, Round 2,
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, 2004 Track World Cup :2nd Pursuit, Round 3,
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, 2004 Track World Cup :4th Pursuit, Round 4
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, 2004 Track World Cup :2nd Pursuit, Round 2,
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, 2004–2005 Track World Cup :3rd Scratch race, Round 2,
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, 2004–2005 Track World Cup ;2005 :2nd Pursuit, Round 3,
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, 2004–2005 Track World Cup ;2006 :3rd Pursuit,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...


Road

;1998 :1st Manx International Women's race ;2004 :4th
British National Road Race Championships The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. History Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists The British ...
;2005 :1st Wortel-Horzvagel GP :2nd Stage 4, Tour De L'Aude :3rd
British National Road Race Championships The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. History Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists The British ...


References


External links

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British Cycling profileBiography on 2006 Commonwealth Games website
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30 July 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Emma 1978 births Living people English track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Knutsford English female cyclists Sportspeople from Cheshire Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games