Kian Emadi
Kian Emadi-Coffin (born 29 July 1992) is a British track cyclist.[1] He has represented Great Britain and England at international level, and is a three-time British National Track champion.
Emadi at the 2018 Track Cycling World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kian Emadi-Coffin |
Born | Stoke-on-Trent, England | 29 July 1992
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Track cycling |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance Sprinter (formerly) |
Professional team | |
2012–present | Sky Track Cycling |
Career
Born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Emadi-Coffin started cycling competitively at the age of 13, and raced in many disciplines (track, road and cyclo-cross), before concentrating on the sprint disciplines of track racing. Emadi moved to Manchester at the age of 18 as a member of the British Cycling Podium Programme.[2]
He represented Great Britain at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3] He won his first senior medal, a silver in the team sprint, at the latter event.
After suffering a back injury in September 2014, which limited the amount of gym work he could do to attempt to secure a place in the British team sprint squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Emadi-Coffin switched to the endurance squad.[4]
Personal life
Emadi-Coffin, born to an American academic mother and an Iranian father, attended St Peter's Church of England High School and then moved to St Joseph's Sixth Form School in Stoke to study for A levels.
Major results
- 2009
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Sprint - 1st
Kilo - 3rd
Keirin
- 1st
- Apeldoorn Interland
- 1st Team sprint
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Elimination race
- 3rd Keirin
- 2010
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Kilo - 1st
Keirin - 2nd
Sprint
- 1st
- 2011
- 3rd
Team sprint, National Track Championships - Revolution 33 – 2nd Sprint, Revolution series
- 2012
- 1st
Kilo, National Track Championships - 2nd
Kilo – Cali, UCI Track World Cup - 2nd Sprint omnium, Six Days of Bremen
- 2013
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Kilo - 1st
Team sprint
- 1st
- 1st Team sprint, Cottbuser Nächte
- UCI Track World Cup
- 2nd
Team sprint – Aguascalientes - 3rd
Team sprint – Manchester
- 2nd
- Dutch Summer Trophy, Alkmaar
- 2nd Kilo
- 3rd Sprint
- 2014
- 2nd
Team sprint, Commonwealth Games - 2016
- UCI Track World Cup
- 1st
Team pursuit – Glasgow - 3rd
Team pursuit – Hong Kong
- 1st
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships - 2017
- 1st
Team pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup - 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 2nd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 2019
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
References
- "Kian Emadi". Britishcycling.org.uk. 29 July 1992. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- "Kian Emadi biography". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- Cycling. "UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013: Kian Emadi aiming to fire Britain to track cycling glory in Minsk". Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- Smith, Pete (23 January 2016). "Cycling: Kian Emadi back on track after switch from sprint to endurance". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
External links
- Kian Emadi at Cycling Archives
- Kian Emadi at ProCyclingStats