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| Born | 1 September 2004 [1] Llantrisant, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Cross-country, Cyclo-cross | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Ella MacLean-Howell (born 1 September 2004) is a British mountain bike cross country cyclist and cyclo-cross competitor from Wales.
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]
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 cross-country race at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10] [11]
National Junior Championships Cross-country, National Junior Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships 
Short track
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