 Rhianna Parris-Smith (2024) - European champion team sprint (U23) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | c. 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Inspired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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Rhianna Parris-Smith (born c. 2002) is an English international track cyclist. [1]
Parris-Smith went to the Hertfordshire Sports College before studying Sport Coaching and Development at the University of Derby. [2]
Parris-Smith was a 100 and 200 metre runner for the Kettering Town Harriers before joining the GB sprint programme in 2023. [3] She then won double gold at the U23 & Junior European Championships (500m time trial & team sprint) in Anadia, Portugal. [4]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first national title, after winning the Individual Time Trial Championships. [5]
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