Ella Maclean-Howell

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Ella Maclean-Howell
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Born (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 19) [1]
Llantrisant, Wales
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Discipline Cross-country, Cyclo-Cross
RoleRider

Ella MacLean-Howell (born 1 September 2004) is a British mountain bike cross country cyclist and cyclo-cross competitor from Wales.

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Early life

From Llantrisant in Wales, she rode as a youngster for Maindy Flyers and Cardiff J.I.F. She finished third in the girls under-16s race at the National Cyclo-Cross Championships in Gravesend in 2019. She competed at the 2022 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships, where she finished 5th in the junior race. [2] [3]

Career

In February 2023, she finished sixteenth at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, in the Netherlands. [4] In May 2023, she won third round of the National Cross-country Series in Winchester. [5]

She finished second in the senior race, and won the under-23 title, at the British National Cyclo-Cross Championships in January 2024. [6]

In April 2024, she won the elite short track and Olympic title in the opening round of the National Cross-country Series in Kirroughtree. [7]

Competing at the 2024 UEC European MTB Championships, Maclean-Howell won a silver medal in the women’s U23 XCC race in May 2024. [8] At the same championship, she finished fourth place in the under-23 women’s Olympic cross-country race. [9]

In June 2024, she was selected for the British team to compete in the Mountain Biking at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10] [11]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2021–2022
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg National Junior Championships
1st Overall Junior National Trophy Series
1st Derby
1st Milnthorpe
1st Callender Park
1st Sunderland
1st Broughton Hall
1st Junior Clanfield
4th UCI World Junior Championships
2022–2023
National Trophy Series
1st Broughton Hall
2nd Gravesend
1st Clanfield
3rd National Championships
2023–2024
National Trophy Series
1st Bradford
2nd National Championships

Mountain bike

2022
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Cross-country, National Junior Championships
UCI Junior Series
1st Heubach
2nd Banyoles
3rd Nals
Junior National Series
1st Fowey
5th Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
2023
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
National Series
1st Winchester
2nd Margam
2nd Fowey
2024
Under-23 French Cup
1st Marseille–Luminy
National Series
1st Kirroughtree
UCI Under-23 XCC World Cup
2nd Nové Město
4th Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
5th Crans-Montana
5th Les Gets

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