Grace Lister

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Grace Lister
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Grace Lister (2021)
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2004-05-27) 27 May 2004 (age 21)
Shrewsbury, England
Sport
Sport Track cycling
Event(s)pursuit, scratch
ClubTeam Inspired
Team Hess Cycling Team
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's track cycling
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Heusden-Zolder Team pursuit
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Tel AvivOmnium

Grace Lister (born 27 May 2004) is an English international cyclist. She currently rides for Hess Cycling Team. [1] She represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] She was a bronze medalist in the women's team pursuit at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships and a gold medalist in the Madison at the 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships representing Great Britain.

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Biography

Lister rode for Wolverhampton Wheelers before joining Brother UK-Orientation Marketing. She started riding aged 6 and joined the British Cycling programme in 2021. [3]

She won the gold medal at the 2022 British National Track Championships in the team pursuit. [4] In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [5] She competed in two events; the women's individual pursuit race, finishing in 14th place and the women's scratch race. [2] [3] She won the gold medal at 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships alongside Zoe Backstedt in the women’s Madison. [6]

She competed the U23 European Track Championships in Portugal, winning the U23 Team Pursuit alongside Sophie Lewis, Maddie Leech and Kate Richardson. [7]

Lister won her second national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, retaining her title in the women’s team pursuit. [8] The following year, at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the team pursuit national title for the third consecutive year, riding for Team Inspired. [9] [10]

She competed for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium in February 2025, where she won a bronze medal at the championships in the women's team pursuit. [11]

Major wins

2022
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
2023
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
2024
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit

References

  1. "Points Grace Lister". British Cycling. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. "Grace Lister results". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. "Shropshire teen cyclist Grace Lister called up for Commonwealth Games". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. "Teen sensation. World champion. British cyclist Grace Lister tracks her journey from Manchester roots to international heights". igsltd.com. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. Downes, Steven (19 July 2023). "LINDLEY'S MADDIE LEECH BECOMES A EUROPEAN CYCLING CHAMPION – AND THERE'S NO STOPPING HER". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. "National Track Championships 2024: Jody Cundy wins national title on return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  10. "Results day 1". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  11. "SILVER SUCCESS FOR EDMUNDS ON FINAL DAY OF 2025 UEC TRACK ELITE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.