Ellesse Andrews

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Ellesse Andrews
Ellesse Andrews (NZL) 2020.jpg
Andrews in 2020
Personal information
Born (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 24)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb) [1]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Glasgow Sprint
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Birmingham Team pursuit
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Aigle Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Montichiari Individual pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Montichiari Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Aigle Individual pursuit
Oceania Track Cycling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 AdelaideIndividual pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 InvercargillKeirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 BrisbaneSprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 BrisbaneKeirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 BrisbaneTeam Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 BrisbaneSprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 BrisbaneKeirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 BrisbaneTeam Sprint

Ellesse Andrews (born 31 December 1999) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics, [1] where she gained a silver medal in the keirin. [2] [3] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she earned two gold medals for winning the keirin and sprint, as well as a silver medal in the team sprint. [4]

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Early life

Andrews was born in Christchurch Women's Hospital at 23:45 on 31 December 1999, fifteen minutes short of the year 2000. [5] Her father is Olympic cyclist Jon Andrews, who represented New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1992 Summer Olympics. [6] Her mother is Angela Mote-Andrews, who competed internationally in mountain biking. Mote-Andrews was preparing herself for her inaugural participation at world championships—the 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Åre, Sweden—when she got pregnant. [7] She has one younger sister. [8]

Andrews grew up in Wānaka and attended Mount Aspiring College until the end of Year 11 before moving to St Peter's School in Cambridge for the final two years of secondary school. [9]

Cycling career

Andrews started cycling competitively aged 14, initially mountain biking but she soon changed to track cycling. [7] She asked her father to pay for dance classes and a deal was made that they would do more cycling. Shortly afterwards, her father bought her a track bike, which got her into track cycling. [10]

Andrews won four medals, including two gold at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. [7] Competing in the Izu Velodrome, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics keirin. She had to go through the repechage to progress to quarter and semi finals. In the final, she moved into second place with two laps to go and held that place. [11]

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Andrew became the first woman to win the Olympic gold medal in both the keirin [12] and the sprint [13] at the same games. [14] She had earlier won the silver medal in the team sprint event, alongside Rebecca Petch and Shaane Fulton. [15]

Major results

2016
UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
2017
UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit [a] [16]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2018
Oceania Track Cycling Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit [17]
2019
UCI Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team Pursuit (Hong Kong) [18]
2021
Tokyo Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Keirin
2022
Birmingham Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sprint [19]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team sprint [20]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Keirin [20]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit [21]
2023
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Keirin [22]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Sprint [23]
2024
Paris Olympic Games
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Sprint
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Keirin
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team Sprint

Awards

Andrews won Secondary School Sportswoman of the Year at the February 2018 Waikato Regional Sports Awards. A week later, she won the Emerging Talent award at the Halberg Awards. [7]

Notes

  1. In the qualifying round, Andrews clocked a 2:18.080 world junior record

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Awards
Preceded by Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award
2017
Succeeded by