Ellesse Andrews

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Ellesse Andrews
UCI Track World Championships 2020-03-01 165728.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
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Keirin
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 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Adelaide Individual pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Invercargill Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Brisbane Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 BrisbaneKeirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 BrisbaneTeam Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Brisbane Sprint
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 competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's keirin, winning a silver medal. [2]

Contents

She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics, [1] gaining a silver medal in the Keirin in the latter event. [3]

Early life

Andrews was born in Christchurch Women's Hospital at 23:45 on 31 December 1999, fifteen minutes short of the year 2000. [4] Her father is Olympic cyclist Jon Andrews, who represented New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1992 Summer Olympics. [5] 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. [6] She has one younger sister, Zoe. [7]

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. [8]

Cycling career

Andrews started cycling competitively aged 14, initially mountain biking but she soon changed to track cycling. [6] 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. [9]

Andrews won four medals, including two gold at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. [6] Competing in the Izu Velodrome, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women's 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. [10]

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 [lower-alpha 1] [11]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2018
Oceania Track Cycling Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit [12]
2019
UCI Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team Pursuit (Hong Kong) [13]
2021
Tokyo Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Keirin
2022
Birmingham Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sprint [14]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team sprint [15]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Women's keirin [15]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit [16]
2023
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Women's keirin [17]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Women's sprint [18]

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. [6]

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