Ciara Horne

Ciara Horne

Horne at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full name	Ciara Maurizia Horne
Born	(1989-09-17) 17 September 1989 (age 36) [1]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) [2]
Team information
Current team	Team USN / Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur team
2013	Breast Cancer Care [3]
Professional team
2014–	Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International [4]
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing   Great Britain World Championships 2016 London Team pursuit European Championships 2014 Guadeloupe Team pursuit 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit 2015 Grenchen Individual pursuit Women's road cycling Representing Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling World Championships 2016 Doha Team time trial

Ciara Maurizia Horne (born 17 September 1989) is a British racing cyclist. Having formerly represented Ireland at an international level, Horne has switched nationality and currently rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and also races on the road for the Breast Cancer Care racing team. Horne formed part of the Great Britain team who became 2014 European champions in the team pursuit.

Career

Horne was brought up in Kenilworth, near Coventry, Warwickshire, and attended Stratford Girls' Grammar School, ^[5] Horne obtained a First Class degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Birmingham in 2013.

Horne began her sporting life at the age of 7 as a swimmer. She competed at the national level until the age of 16 when she suffered a serious shoulder injury which required surgery. This prompted her to switch to triathlon, getting onto the world class start programme and competing at Salford Junior world cup where she finished 8th. However, plagued by injuries, Horne found that the majority of her training would be in the form of cycling and her love for the sport was born. Horne finally joined a cycling team in October 2009. ^[6]

Horne qualified to represent Ireland through her mother. In July 2012, Horne renounced her Irish citizenship. ^[7] Having held dual nationality, Horne qualified for a British racing licence through British Cycling. Horne's father was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, she was therefore offered the opportunity to train with the Welsh Cycling Squad. ^[8]

Horne represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, ^[9] competing in the time trial and individual pursuit. ^[2]

She is engaged to racing cyclist Lewis Oliva. ^[10]

Major results

Road

2012

4th Time trial, British National Championships

2015

2nd Overall Tour of the Reservoir

5th Time trial, British National Championships

2016

3rd Team time trial, UCI World Championships

Track

2011

Irish National Championships

2nd 500m time trial

2nd Individual pursuit

2nd Scratch

2012

2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali

2013

Revolution Series

1st Scratch

3rd Points Race

3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Aguascalientes

2014

1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

UCI World Cup

1st Team pursuit, Guadalajara

1st Team pursuit, London

2nd Team pursuit, British National Championships

2015

UEC European Championships

1st Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

British National Championships

1st Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

2nd Individual pursuit, Revolution Series, Derby

2016

3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References

1. "High Performance > Athletes > Ciara Horne". The Irish Sports Council. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
2. "Ciara Horne: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
3. "Breast Cancer Care cycling team launch". British Cycling . 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
4. "Introducing Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International". ciarahorne.com. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
5. "Horne's Olympic dreams ride on raising £10,000". The Courier (Warwick). 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
6. "Ciara Horne – interview with the Irish team member in Cali". Women's Cycling Ireland. 14 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
7. "Ciara Horne declares for Great Britain; blames lack of money in Cycling Ireland". Sticky Bottle. 4 July 2012.
8. "About". Ciara Horne. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
9. "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 9 July 2014.
10. ""If I wrote a book I'd want cycling to be one chapter, not the whole thing"". Cardiff University . Retrieved 15 April 2018.

External links

• Ciara Horne at ProCyclingStats
• Ciara Horne at Cycling Archives ( archive )
• Ciara Horne at Olympedia
• Ciara Horne at Olympics.com
• Ciara Horne at Team GB  (archived)
• Ciara Horne at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)