Lowri Thomas

Lowri Thomas

Thomas in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 26) [1] Abergavenny, Wales
Team information
Current team	Team Inspired ~ Team Wales
Discipline	Track cycling
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing   Great Britain Nations Cup 2025 Konye Team sprint European Championships 2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint Representing   Wales Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team sprint Nations Cup 2022 Glasgow Team sprint

Lowri Thomas (born 3 March 1999) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. ^[2]

Cycling career

Thomas became a British Champion when winning the team sprint event at the 2022 British National Track Championships alongside teammates Emma Finucane and Rhian Edmunds. ^{[3] [4]} In April 2022, Thomas, Finucane and Edmunds once again combined to win a bronze medal in the team sprint in round one of the 2022 UCI Nations Cup in Glasgow, setting a new British record in the process. The trio then went on to win bronze in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Welsh team outperformed all the other home nations, and beating Australia in the Bronze medal ride off, to take third spot on the podium behind New Zealand and Canada. ^[5]

Having been selected as the travelling reserve for the Paris Olympic winning Team Sprint team, she was also selected as travelling reserve for the elite world championships at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. ^{[6] [7]}

Thomas is aiming for selection for the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile, after which her attention will turn to linking up with Finucane and Edmunds again to represent Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, this having been announced to take place in Glasgow in July/August 2026

Major results

2025

National Track Championships

1st Team sprint

UCI Nations Cup

2nd Team sprint (Round 1, Konye, Turkey)

2023

National Track Championships

2nd Team sprint

UCI Nations Cup

4th Team sprint (Round 3, Cairo, Egypt)

2022

National Track Championships

1st Team sprint

UCI Nations Cup

3rd Team sprint (Round 1, Glasgow)

Commonwealth Games

3rd Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Rhian Edmunds)

References

1. "Profile". UCI. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
2. "News: British Track Championships in Wales". Velo UK. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
3. "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
4. "Welsh teenagers light up home cycling championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
5. "Commonwealth Games: Cyclist Emma Finucane claims second bronze medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
6. "11 Olympic medallists to represent Great Britain at Tissot UCI Track World Championships". British Cycling. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
7. "THOMAS Lowri". Paris 2024 Olympics . Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)

External links

• Lowri Thomas at UCI
• Lowri Thomas at Cycling Archives ( archive )
• Lowri Thomas at Sport Wales
• Lowri Thomas at Team Wales ( archive )
• Lowri Thomas at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Lowri Thomas on Instagram