Rhian Edmunds

Rhian Edmunds

Edmunds in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 22) [1] Newport, Wales
Team information
Current team	Newport Velo Youth CC [2]
Discipline	Track cycling
Role	Rider
Rider type	sprint, team sprint
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing   Wales Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team sprint Representing   Great Britain European Championships 2025 Heusden-Zolder Sprint 2025 Heusden-Zolder Keirin 2025 Heusden-Zolder Team sprint European Under-23 Championships 2025 Anadia Team sprint 2025 Anadia 1 km time trial 2025 Anadia Keirin 2025 Anadia Individual sprint

Rhian Edmunds (born 4 April 2003) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. She was a bronze medalist representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a three-time silver medalist representing Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships, winning the medals in the team sprint, individual sprint and the kierin. ^{[3] [4]}

Cycling career

Edmunds became a double British champion when winning the sprint and team sprint events at the 2022 British National Track Championships. ^{[5] [6]} Later that year, she claimed a bronze medal representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, racing alongside Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas. ^[7]

She competed on the track at the U23 European Track Championships in Portugal, winning the gold medal in the U23 Team Sprint. ^[8]

She finished as runner-up in the women’s kierin to Lauren Bell at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, in Manchester. ^{[9] [10]}

She was runner-up to Bell in the individual sprint at the 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships. ^[11] She competed for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, winning a silver medal in the women’s kierin event, pipped to gold by nine-thousandths of a second by Dutch racer Steffie van der Peet. ^[12] She also won a silver medal at the championships in the women’s individual sprint competition, edged out in the final by Yana Burlakova. ^[13] Partnering with Lauren Bell and Rhianna Parris-Smith, she was also a silver medalist in the women's team sprint, finishing runners-up to the Netherlands team. ^[14]

Major results

2022

National Track Championships

1st Sprint

1st Team sprint

Commonwealth Games

3rd Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas)

References

1. "Profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2. "Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. "Profile". UCI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
4. "BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3". Velo UK. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
5. "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
6. "Welsh teenagers light up home cycling championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
7. "Commonwealth Games: Cyclist Emma Finucane claims second bronze medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
8. "Welsh Riders Ready to Race at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". beiciocymru.org. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
9. "Report: Day 3 British Track Championships". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
10. Falkingham, Katie (25 February 2024). "National Track Championships 2024: Lauren Bell among winners on day three in Manchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
11. "DAY 3 REPORT: BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". VeloUK. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
12. "Edmunds wins keirin silver for GB at Europeans". BBC Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
13. "Charlton wins GB's first European gold in Belgium". BBC Sport. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
14. "Welsh Stars Secure Six Medals at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". Beiciocymru.org. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

External links

• Rhian Edmunds at UCI
• Rhian Edmunds at Team Wales ( archive )
• Rhian Edmunds at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Rhian Edmunds on Instagram