Georgia Williams
Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[5]
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Full name | Georgia Williams | |||||||||||||
Born | Takapuna, North Island, New Zealand[1] | 25 August 1993|||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Mitchelton–Scott | |||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Be Pink[2][3] | |||||||||||||
2017– | Orica–Scott[4] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports academy suggested that she was suited to the sport, having previously competed in netball and water polo.[6]
She took two silver medals at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships: one in the team pursuit in 2010 and another in the individual pursuit in 2011.[1] Williams joined the Be Pink team in 2013.[2] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, she was part of the New Zealand team pursuit squads that finished fourth at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] In February 2017 it was announced that Williams would join Orica–Scott for the 2017 season.[7] She won New Zealand's second ever medal in the women's road race at a Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in 2018, after Susy Pryde at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[8]
Major results
- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
- 2010
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships (with Alexandra Neems, and Elizabeth Steel)[9]
- 2011
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships[10]
- 3rd Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2013
- 1st
Young rider classification Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs - 1st
Young rider classification Tour Languedoc Roussillon - National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Racquel Sheath) - 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Classic
- 2016
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 1st
Road race
- 1st
- 2nd
Road race, Commonwealth Games - 4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2019
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
See also
- BePink-La Classica
References
- "Georgia Williams". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "Cycling: Williams signs with Italian BePink team". nzherald.co.nz. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- Georgia Williams at Cycling Archives
- "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- Reid, Felicity (24 June 2016). "From terrible to trophies". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "Orica-Scott add Georgia Williams to women's 2017 roster". cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- Wright, Marion (19 April 2018). "Georgia Williams – biggest result of my career so far". Road Cycling. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "Aussies add three more golds on night 3". Cycling News. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Voynova sets new world record in time trial". Cycling News. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
External links
- Georgia Williams at Cycling Archives
- Georgia Williams at ProCyclingStats