UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium

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The Women's omnium at the European Track Championships was first competed in 1997.

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The Omnium event, consists of a combination of different disciplines, sharing similarities with other multi-event sports such as Modern Pentathlon, heptathlon and decathlon. The make up of the event has fluctuated since its introduction, as the event has been tweaked. In its most modern version, the event operates as an extended points race for endurance riders over one day – points are won in the first three disciplines (a scratch, tempo and elimination race) and these points are then brought forward to the final event, the points race. Timed elements that formally were part of the race, such as the flying lap, kilo and individual pursuit, have gradually been removed so that all four elements are now mass start.

Medalists

The women's omnium has been contested since before the advent of the full European Track championships, but can be broadly divided between a pre-Olympic event, and the Olympic event. For two years, a separate 'Omnium sprint' event was also held.

The most successful cyclist in the event before its Olympic inclusion was Olga Slyusareva who took six titles in seven years for Russia between 1998 and 2005. Following its Olympic inclusion, double-Olympic champion Laura Kenny holds the record for four titles and two silver medals, with Katie Archibald her closest challenger with three titles and a silver. The Great Britain pairs dominance' is notable, as each nation can, as is common in such events, only enter one athlete – as such, Kenny and Archibald have never faced each other at European level. Only Dutch racer Kirsten Wild with two titles, three silvers and a bronze has more than one title win outside these three.

Omnium endurance

The discipline exists of a points race, an individual pursuit, a scratch race and an elimination race.

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
1997
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Flag of Italy.svg  Antonella Bellutti  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ingrid Haringa  (NED)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sally Boyden  (GBR)
1998
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel  (NED)Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Samokhvalova  (RUS)
1999
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Antonella Bellutti  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Debby Mansveld  (NED)
2001
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Ivakhovenkova  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Vera Carrara  (ITA)
2002
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Ivakhonenkova  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Karimova  (RUS)
2003
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Tchalykh  (RUS)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Iryna Yanovych  (UKR)
2004
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lyudmyla Vypyraylo  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Apollinaria Bakova  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Eleonora Soldo  (ITA)
2005
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Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Slyusareva  (RUS)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Lada Kozlíková  (CZE)Flag of Spain.svg  Gema Pascual  (ESP)
2006
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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Lada Kozlíková  (CZE)Flag of Russia.svg  Yulia Aroustamova  (RUS)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Carolina Lüthi  (SUI)
2007
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Flag of Italy.svg  Vera Carrara  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Gema Pascual  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Elke Gebhardt  (GER)
2008
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Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Tchalykh  (RUS)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasia Tchulkova  (RUS)
2009
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Flag of Russia.svg  Evgenia Romanyuta  (RUS)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jolien D'Hoore  (BEL)Flag of Italy.svg  Monia Baccaille  (ITA)

Omnium sprint

The discipline exists of a flying lap, a keirin, an elimination race and a sprint.

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
2008
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Yvonne Hijgenaar  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Elise Van Hage  (NED)Flag of Spain.svg  Helena Casas  (ESP)
2009
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Flag of Lithuania.svg  Simona Krupeckaitė  (LTU)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Streltsova  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Viktoria Baranova  (RUS)

Omnium Olympic

The individual disciplines of the event have changed over time. Initially consisting of a flying lap, a points race, an elimination race, an individual pursuit, a scratch race and a time trial, since 2016 the discipline consists of a scratch race, a tempo race, an elimination race, leading to a final deciding points race.

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
2010 Pruszków
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Flag of Spain.svg  Leire Olaberria  (ESP)Flag of Belarus.svg  Tatsiana Sharakova  (BLR)Flag of Poland.svg  Małgorzata Wojtyra  (POL)
2011 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Trott  (GBR)Flag of Belarus.svg  Tatsiana Sharakova  (BLR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)
2012 Panevėžys
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Flag of Lithuania.svg  Aušrinė Trebaitė  (LTU)Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Pawłowska  (POL)Flag of Russia.svg  Tamara Balabolina  (RUS)
2013 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Trott  (GBR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jolien D'Hoore  (BEL)
2014 Baie-Mahault
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Trott  (GBR)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jolien D'Hoore  (BEL)Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Knauer  (GER)
2015 Grenchen
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Trott  (GBR)Flag of Denmark.svg  Amalie Dideriksen  (DEN)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Aušrinė Trebaitė  (LTU)
2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
2017 Berlin
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Balsamo  (ITA)
2018 Glasgow
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg  Letizia Paternoster  (ITA)
2019 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Kenny  (GBR)Flag of Belarus.svg  Tatsiana Sharakova  (BLR)
2020 Plovdiv
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Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Balsamo  (ITA)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Laura Kenny  (GBR)Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Novolodskaya  (RUS)
2021 Grenchen
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR)Flag of France.svg  Victoire Berteau  (FRA)Flag of Italy.svg  Rachele Barbieri  (ITA)
2022 Munich
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Flag of Italy.svg  Rachele Barbieri  (ITA)Flag of France.svg  Clara Copponi  (FRA)Flag of Poland.svg  Daria Pikulik  (POL)
2023 Grenchen
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR)Flag of Poland.svg  Daria Pikulik  (POL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lotte Kopecky  (BEL)
2024 Apeldoorn
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Flag of Norway.svg  Anita Stenberg  (NOR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neah Evans  (GBR)Flag of France.svg  Valentine Fortin  (FRA)

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