 Ed Lowe (2021) | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edward Owen Lowe | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 2003 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Inspired / GBCT | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | "Man 1" Team Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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Ed Lowe (born 24 August 2003) is an English track cyclist who competes in sprinting events. He has been selected to compete for Great Britain in the team sprint at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Growing up in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Lowe's first experience of cycling came through the Fenland Clarion Cycling Club, competing in local Go Ride events. [1] [2] [3] Later he rode in endurance races regionally and nationally for Bourne Wheelers before switching to track cycling in 2018. [1] [3]
As a Youth, Ed broke 3 National Track Records; 500TT, Team Sprint and the Flying 500M. He was selected to the Great Britain Cycling Team (GBCT) Apprenticeship scheme at 15.
Two years later, he was enrolled into the Junior GBCT programme going on to become a Team Sprint European Junior Champion. [1] Ed also broke 2 further National Track Records, the Team Sprint and the Flying 500M.
In October 2021, Ed was invited onto the full-time GBCT Senior Programme. As part of Team Inspired he won a gold medal at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships in the team sprint. [1] Lowe took part in his first elite level Nations Cup in Canada in April 2023, helping the team win a bronze medal. [2] .
In Oct 2023 Ed was invited to move up to the GBCT Podium squad. In February 2024, he was a member of the British team that pipped China by 0.3 seconds, in the minor final, to secure Bronze at the Nations Cup event in Australia. [2] [4] [5] .
He followed that performance up later in the month by winning a second successive National team sprint title with Team Inspired at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships. [4]
Returning to Canada in April 2024, Lowe and his teammates secured Nations Cup silver medals, losing out in the final to the Netherlands. [2] [6] [7]
On 24 June 2024, Lowe was named in the Great Britain team sprint line-up for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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