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Full name | Anna Catherine Turvey | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England | 5 February 1980||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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2013 | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International | ||||||||||||||
2016–present | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||||
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Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland. [1] She holds the Irish National records for the 10 miles, 25 miles and 50 miles individual time trials.
In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25-mile time trial [2] and top 10 in The British Elite time trial. [3] Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey qualified to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial [4] and 12th in the individual pursuit. [5]
Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016. [6] In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships. [7]
Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8th in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursuit
Away from cycling, Turvey works as an Optometrist. [8] [9] She is the cousin of British Professional Racing driver Oliver Turvey.
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