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Full name | Rachel Sarah James | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales | 30 August 1988||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter / All-Rounder | ||||||||||||||||
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Rachel Sarah James (born 1988) is a Welsh racing cyclist specializing in track cycling.
James, from Abergavenny, Wales, is the daughter of David James and Christine Harris, [1] and has a younger sister, Becky, who is a world champion racing cyclist, [2] and also has another two younger sisters; Ffion and Megan, and brother Gareth, who are all keen cyclists. Although Rachel is older than Becky, it was Becky who entered the sport first: she persuaded Rachel to take up cycling, with the hope of the pair representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - however these hopes were dashed when the event was removed from the Glasgow games' schedule. [3]
In 2013 James became a pilot for paracyclist Sophie Thornhill. [4] The pair won a gold medal and set a new world record at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes in the 1km time trial, on their debut in a major international event. [5] They subsequently won a second gold in the tandem sprint. [6]
James represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014 [7] where she rode as pilot for former paralympic swimmer Rhiannon Henry. [8] James reunited with Thornhill to compete in the 2014 British National Track Championships in September, where they won the mixed time trial [9] and the 200 metre flying start time trial for blind and visually impaired riders. [10] In addition James took a bronze medal in the team sprint alongside Helen Scott. [11]
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