![]() Lay in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kirsti Lay |
Born | [1] Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | 7 April 1988
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2014–2015 | SAS–Mazda–Macogep |
Professional team | |
2016–2019 | Rally Cycling [2] |
Medal record |
Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist, [3] who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Rally UHC Cycling between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, [4] winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit. [5] In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. [6] She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.
Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 [7] and at the 2009 Winter Universiade. [8] She also took part in two speed skating weekends (at Moscow and at Salt Lake City) of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.
Lay is married to Canadian former speed skater Mathieu Giroux. [3]