Ross Edgar

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Ross Edgar
Ross Edgar.jpg
Personal information
Born (1983-01-03) 3 January 1983 (age 41)
Newmarket, United Kingdom
Team information
Current team Sky Track Cycling
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
?–2008 Science in Sport
2008–2012 Team Sky+ HD
2013 Team IG–Sigma Sport
Infobox last updated on
5 August 2012

Ross Edgar (born 3 January 1983) is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games[1]

He won a silver medal at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the Keirin.

He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Although he represents Scotland internationally he was born and lives in Newmarket, Suffolk.

In December 2012 it was announced that Edgar had signed for the IG-Sigma Sport cycling team for the 2013 season, adding road racing commitments to his existing membership of the Great Britain track cycling programme.[2] After the team withdrew from racing at the end of the season Edgar was confirmed at as member of the Great Britain Olympic Podium Programme, switching from the sprint to the endurance squad.[3]

Results

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2012
Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Team sprint, Round 4, London (with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny)[4]
2010
British National Team Sprint Championships
Gold medal blank.svg Gold
World Track Championships, Copenhagen
Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze, Team Sprint
2009
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Team sprint, Round 1, Manchester[5]
2008
Olympics
Silver medal blank.svg Silver, Men's Keirin
World Track Championships, Manchester
Silver medal blank.svg Silver, Team Sprint
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Team sprint (with Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff), Round 1, Manchester[6]
2nd Manchester International Keirin[7]
2007
World Track Championships, Majorca
Silver medal blank.svg Silver, Team Sprint
Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze, Men's Keirin
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
2nd Keirin, Round 3, Los Angeles[8]
3rd Sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles[9]
3rd Team sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles (with Jason Kenny and Jason Queally)[10]
1st Team sprint, Round 4, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[11]
2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney[12]
3rd Manchester International Keirin[7]
British National Track Championships
1st Sprint[7]
2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Gold medal blank.svg Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)
Silver medal blank.svg Silver, Men's Sprint
Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze, Men's Keirin
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Team sprint, Round 1, Sydney (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[13]
2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney[14]
British National Track Championships
1st Keirin[7]
2nd Sprint[7]
2nd Team sprint (with Matt Crampton and Jamie Staff)[15]
2005
European Track Championships (under-23)
Silver medal blank.svg Silver, Sprint
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Team sprint, Round 2, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[16]
2004
European Track Championships (under-23)
Gold medal blank.svg Gold, Sprint
British National Track Championships
1st Sprint[7]
1st Team sprint (with David Heald and Barney Storey)[7]
2003
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
3rd Sprint, Round 4, Sydney[17]
British National Track Championships
1st Sprint[7]
2002
Commonwealth Games, Manchester
Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)

References

  1. Athlete Profile
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