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Lusia Steele (born 21 June 2000) is a Scottish racing cyclist. [1] [2]
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Lusia Steele (born 21 June 2000) is a Scottish racing cyclist. [1] [2]
Steele starting riding for her local club, the Johnstone Jets in 2008. [3] In 2016, Steele won seven Scottish titles during the year. [3] In late November of that year, Steele took part in the Scottish Cycling Performance Programme, as part of her preparation to move up to the junior level. [3]
In August 2018, Steele made her debut for the British team at the 2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland. [4] Out of the fourteen riders, she was the only Scottish cyclist on the team for the Championships. [4] A month prior to the Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Steele had won two British Junior titles. [4]
In November 2020, she competed in the women's team sprint event at the 2020 UEC European Track Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, [5] winning the silver medal. [6] On her return to Scotland following the Championships in Bulgaria, Steele was praised by local councilors from Renfrewshire, saying that she had "put Renfrewshire on the map". [7] Following her success in Bulgaria, Steele said her next targets are the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] Steele was also named as one of the five finalists for the Glasgow Times Young Scotswoman of the Year award. [9]
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