 Capewell in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 September 1998 Lichfield, England [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sophie 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 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. [13] [14]
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