Iona Moir

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Iona Moir
2021 UEC Track Jun & U23 European Championships 334.jpg
Moir in 2021
Personal information
Full nameMargaret Iona Moir
Born (2003-10-05) 5 October 2003 (age 22) [1]
Team information
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider type Sprinter
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Santiago Team sprint
U23 & Junior European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Anadia Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Cottbus Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Anadia Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Anadia Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Cottbus Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Anadia Keirin

Iona Margaret Moir (born 5 October 2003) is a Scottish track cyclist. She competed for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a silver medalist for Great Britain at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the women's team sprint.

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Career

A member of UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Programme, Moir competed for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, placing ninth in the women's 500m time trial final, and also competed in the women's team sprint, the keirin, and individual sprint. [2] [3] [4]

She was a gold medalist in the team sprint at the 2023 UEC European Track U23 Championships in Anadia, Portugal. [5] Retaining the team sprint title with the British team in 2024 in Cottbus, Germany, she also won the silver medal at the Championships in the Kierin. [6] [7]

She made her senior debut as she competed in the kilo time trial at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, in February 2025, placing eighteenth overall. [8] She won the women's U23 European individual sprint title as well as a silver medal in the team sprint and a bronze in the keirin at the 2025 U23 UEC European Track Championships in July 2025. [9]

In October 2025, Moir won a silver medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile, competing in the P2 position for the British team in the women's team sprint alongside Emma Finucane (P3) and Rhianna Parris-Smith (P1). [10]

Major wins

2025
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team Sprint (with Emma Finucane and Rhianna Parris-Smith) [11]
UEC Track Juniors/U23 European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Individual Sprint [12]

References

  1. "Iona Muir". Uci.org. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. "Iona Moir". Team Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  3. "Moir moves from exam hall to Commonwealth Games velodrome". Ealing Times. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. Burke, Patrick (26 May 2022). "Archibald and Fachie headline Scottish cycling team for Birmingham 2022". Inside The Games. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  5. "La France a quatre médailles après deux jours". cyclismactu.net. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  6. "DAILY UPDATES: 2024 UEC TRACK JUNIORS/UNDER-23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  7. "Young Team Impress at the Euros". Scottish Cycling. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  8. "Britain's Anna Morris wins European track cycling gold in world record time". The Guardian. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  9. "DAILY UPDATES: 2025 UEC TRACK JUNIORS/UNDER-23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  10. Collins, Ben (23 October 2025). "Richardson wins 'bittersweet' first medal for GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  11. "Sprinters storm to silver in Santiago". British Cycling. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  12. "DAILY UPDATES: 2025 UEC TRACK JUNIORS/UNDER-23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.