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Scottish cyclist
Ross Edgar
Born (1983-01-03 ) 3 January 1983 (age 41)
Newmarket ,
United Kingdom Current team Australia Discipline Track Role Rider / Coach Rider type Sprinter / Retired West Suffolk Wheelers
2008 Science in Sport 2002–2012 Team Sky & Great Britain 2013–2014
Team IG–Sigma Sport 2016–2017 UCI & Korea 2018 Australia
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 .
In London 2012 Olympics, Edgar who was to represent Great Britain in the Team Sprint final was replaced & missed out on a Gold Medal which the team won.
Representing Scotland internationally he was Born in
Newmarket, Suffolk . Having qualified to represent Scotland through his father David.
Ross Edgar as an amateur youth rider started with West Suffolk Wheelers based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk alongside younger brother Bruce.
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 as s member of the Great Britain Olympic Podium Programme, switching from the sprint to the endurance squad.
[3]
Pre 2018, Edgar was a
UCI coach based in
Aigle ,
Switzerland , where he also coached Korean cyclist
Lee Hye-Jin , who finished 8th in the
keirin at the
2016 Rio Olympics .
Currently he is a track sprint coach for
Cycling Australia , based in Adelaide.
Results
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
World Track Championships, Copenhagen
Bronze, Team Sprint
2009
Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Team sprint, Round 1, Manchester
[5]
2008
Olympics
Silver, Men's Keirin
World Track Championships, Manchester
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, Team Sprint
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, Team Sprint (Scotland)
Silver, Men's Sprint
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, 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, 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, Team Sprint (Scotland)
References
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Athlete Profile
^ Wynn, Nigel (21 December 2012).
"Ross Edgar joins IG Sigma Sport road team for 2013" .
Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 23 December 2012 .
^ Henrys, Colin (21 November 2013).
"Great Britain 'in good shape' for 2016 according to Sir Dave Brailsford as 2013/14 squad named" . Roadcycling UK . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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"London, Team Sprint 2012" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Manchester Track World Cup: Cycling Weekly's full coverage" .
Cycling Weekly . 26 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Manchester, Team Sprint 2008" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Ross Edgar" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Los Angeles, Keirin 2007" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Los Angeles, Sprint 2007" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Los Angeles, Team Sprint 2007" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Manchester, Team Sprint 2007" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Sydney, Keirin 2007" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Sydney, Team Sprint 2006" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Sydney, Sprint 2006" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Great Britain 2006" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Manchester, Team Sprint 2005" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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"Sydney, Sprint 2003" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 28 November 2013 .
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