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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 August 1990 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1] |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Specialized Women's Racing |
| Discipline | Road & Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2018 – | Specialized Women's Racing [2] |
Medal record | |
Ashlee Ankudinoff (born 20 August 1990) [3] is an Australian professional racing cyclist.
Ankudinoff was born in Sydney, New South Wales. [3] She began competitive cycling at the age of fifteen on the road. [3]
Ankudinoff was a member of the gold medal-winning team pursuit squad, and also took the victory in the individual pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in 2008. [3]
Ankudinoff qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the Women's pursuit team. The team consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly, Maeve Plouffe finished fifth. [4]
Pursuit Team Pursuit, with Megan Dunn & Sarah Kent 
Points Race Team Pursuit Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 
Omnium Australian National Track Championships Omnium Scratch Race Scratch Race Points Race Individual Pursuit Team Pursuit Scratch Race Omnium Australian National Track Championships [5] Individual Pursuit Team pursuit (with Amy Cure, Annette Edmondson and Alexandra Manly) Omnium Individual Pursuit
Megan Dunn is an Australian professional racing cyclist.
Leigh Howard is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.
Annette Edmondson is an Australian former cyclist who competed on the track with Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit (HPU). She also competed on the road for the Wiggle High5 team between 2015 and 2018.
Amy Louise Cure is an Australian former professional track cyclist. She cycles for Team Jayco–AIS. She has set several world records. She won a junior world championship race in 2009, and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the first person in history to medal at every endurance track event at world championship level; with three newly gained medals in the team pursuit, omnium, and madison at 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong.
Melissa Hoskins was an Australian track and road racing cyclist. She topped the general classification in the 2012 Tour of Chongming Island. She was a member of the Australian track cycling team pursuit team that finished in fourth place at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hoskins announced her retirement from professional cycling on 2 May 2017.
Lauren Ellis is a New Zealand former road and track cyclist.
Aaron Gate is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Gate is the first New Zealand athlete to win four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.
Rushlee Buchanan is a New Zealand track and road cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's madison, and Women's team pursuit.
Alexander Edmondson is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. Edmondson was a member of the Australian Olympic Track Cycling team at the 2012 London Olympics, alongside his sister, Annette Edmondson. In 2014 he was world champion in the individual pursuit. He won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rebecca Wiasak is an Australian track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships where she became a world champion in individual pursuit. In January 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural line-up for the High5 Dream Team. In 2017, Wiasak raced domestically for ACTAS on the track, for High5 Dream Team in Australia and in the United States of America for Fearless Femme Racing on the road.
Jordan Kerby is an Australian-born New Zealand professional road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Meiyo CCN Pro Cycling. In 2017, he became the UCI Track Cycling World Champion in the men's individual pursuit in Hong Kong.
Alexandra Manly is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who joined the Women's WorldTour team Team Jayco–AlUla in 2022. She also rode for Mitchelton–Scott between 2015 and 2019.
Isabella King is an Australian female track cyclist. She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, numerous UCI Track World Cup medals, a Junior World Title and World Record.
Sam Welsford is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.
Georgia Baker is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She rode in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Emily Kay is a track and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI World Cup Track cycling circuit. She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Torelli.
Kirstie Klingenberg is a New Zealand track cyclist and former rower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sprint, and Women's team pursuit.
Maeve Plouffe is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She rode in the women's team pursuit event and the women's individual pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany. She was selected on the Australian women's track endurance squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's pursuit team. The team consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly, Maeve Plouffe finished fifth.
Corbin Strong is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech. He won the points race and finished second in the team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
| UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's team pursuit | |
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Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds. | |
