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| Born | Sophie Ellen Capewell 4 September 1998 Lichfield, England [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sophie Ellen Capewell (born 4 September 1998) is a British professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team sprint. [2]
Capewell grew up in Staffordshire. [3] Her father, Nigel Capewell, represented Great Britain in cycling at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. [4] [5] [6] She attended Connell Sixth Form College. [7]
Capewell competed in the women's sprint at the 2020 World Championships in Berlin. [8] Capewell then went on to win bronze in the team sprint at the 2021 World Championships in Roubaix, France. [9]
Capewell was selected for the England team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Despite taking the first race of three, Capewell ultimately lost the bronze medal final of the women's sprint to Emma Finucane of Wales, finishing fourth overall. [10] However, she bounced back to take 500m time trial bronze the following day. She subsequently won a silver medal in the keirin, which she dedicated to her late father Nigel, who died in October 2021. [11]
In 2024, she won a second national title, at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships. [12] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Capewell, alongside teammates Katy Marchant and Emma Finucane, won the gold medal in the women’s team sprint. The team broke the world record three times during the event, ultimately setting the new record at 45.186 seconds in the final. [2] [13]
At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, Capewell teamed with Finucane and Marchant to win gold in the team sprint. [14] [15]
Capewell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [16]
Team sprint (with Lauren Bate) Keirin 
Sprint 
Sprint Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis) Keirin Sprint Team sprint (with Milly Tanner)
Team sprint Keirin 500 m time trial Team sprint Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis and Milly Tanner) Sprint Keirin 
Team sprint 
Team sprint 
Sprint Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis and Lowri Thomas) Sprint Individual time trial Keirin Team sprint (with Milly Tanner and Georgette Rand)
Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant)
Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant) 500 m time trial Team sprint 
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