Lauren Ellis (born 19 April 1989) is a New Zealand former road and

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 ...

Career

Ellis rode the team pursuit at the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing with Kaytee Boyd and

Alison Shanks Alison Shanks (born 13 December 1982) is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing. Prior to that she was an Otago Rebels netballer, t ...

, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers. They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by

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in 2008. In 2009, she won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit World Championships with

Jaime Nielsen Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower. Career From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the World Rowing U23 Champ ...

and

. Ellis won a silver medal in the women's

points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

at the

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and the 2010 World Championships. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she rode the Women's team pursuit. The New Zealand team placed 5th and set the current national record of 3:18.514. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit and

Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

. The New Zealand team placed 4th and set the current national record of 4:17.592 during the first round. Ellis also placed 4th in the Omnium.

Major results

;2006 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Individual pursuit,

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;2007 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Individual pursuit,

;2008 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd Silver medal Oceania

Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships ;2009 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Scratch : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne : 2nd Silver medal blank

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 ...

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

;2010 :

::2nd

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

::3rd

: 2nd

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: 2nd

Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne ;2011 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Points race ::3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Individual pursuit : 2nd Silver medal blank

Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester : 8th

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

;2012 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Road Championships ;2013 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Individual pursuit ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Omnium ::3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Points race : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Points race, National Track Championships : 1st Omnium, Invercargill ;2014 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Points race ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit (with

Racquel Sheath Racquel Sheath (born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealand Track cycling, track and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the Cycling at the 2 ...

and

Georgia Williams Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career She took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports ac ...

) : 1st

Scratch, National Track Championships : BikeNZ Classic ::2nd Scratch ::3rd Omnium : 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Cup ;2015 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Omnium, National Track Championships : 1st Stage 2

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: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd Omnium, Super Drome Cup ;2016 : Festival of Speed ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch ;2019 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Madison, National Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Individual pursuit, Oceania Track Championships

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Lauren 1989 births New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists of New Zealand Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Living people Sportspeople from Ashburton, New Zealand Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling