Jaime Nielsen
Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.
Nielsen in 2020 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | [1] Hamilton, New Zealand[1] | 3 September 1985
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
2015–2016 | BePink–La Classica |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics | |
Medal record
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Club | Waikato Rowing Club | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the U23 World Rowing Championship in Poznań, Poland, in 2004 with the U23 women's quadruple sculls with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs and Fiona Paterson.[2]
Despite only taking up cycling in 2007, at the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won silver in 2009 and bronze in 2011.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's team pursuit for the New Zealand team which placed 5th and set a national record of 3:18.514. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 4th in the Women's team pursuit.
Nielsen won the New Zealand time trial championships in 2014 and was second from 2011 to 2013.[4] More of her road race results are available on the Pro Cycling Stats website.[5]
Major results
- 2009
- 2nd
Team Pursuit World Championships
- 2010
- 3rd World Cup Team pursuit, Melbourne
- 2011
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd World Cup Team pursuit, Manchester
- 3rd
Team Pursuit World Championships - 4th Pursuit World Championships
- 2012
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2013
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
National Track Championships (Individual pursuit) - 2nd Omnium, Invercargill
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Team Pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams) - 3rd Individual Pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 3rd Points Race, BikeNZ Cup
- 2015
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 1st
National Track Championships (Individual pursuit)
- 2016
- 1st
National Track Championships (Individual pursuit) - 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Individual Pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 2017
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships
References
- "Jaime Nielsen". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "Glasgow 2014 - Jaime Nielsen Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- Jaime Nielsen cyclingarchives.com
- Jaime Nielsen procyclingstats.com
External links
- Jaime Nielsen at Cycling Archives
- Jaime Nielsen at CQ Ranking
- Jaime Nielsen at ProCyclingStats