The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint is the world championship
sprint event held annually at the
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 ...
. First held in 1958, the event was dominated until 1980 by Soviet cyclists. From 2000, the event came under German, French and British sway.
Galina Yermolayeva and
Galina Tsareva of the Soviet Union, and
Victoria Pendleton
Victoria Louise Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is a British former Track cycling, track cyclist who specialised in the Sprint (cycling), sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Cycling at the Summer Olympics, Olympic, Wo ...
of Great Britain have each won this event on six occasions, the most by any cyclist. French sprinter
Félicia Ballanger's five successive victories is the most consecutive titles by an athlete.
Medalists
Medal table
See also
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint is the world championship sprint event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Between its inception and 1892, the sprint was separated into two events; one for profess ...
External links
Track Cycling World Championships 2016–1893bikecult.com
World Championship, Track, Sprint, Elitecyclingarchives.com
Resultsfrom Cyclebase.nl
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Women's sprint
Lists of UCI Track Cycling World Championships medalists