Emily Kay

Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a track and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI World Cup Track cycling circuit. She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .

Junior career

Kay partook in the 2009 School games and won the individual pursuit and finished second in the Keirin. At the 2010 national youth and junior track championships, Kay placed second in the junior points race, just three points behind Laura Trott. In addition, Kay placed second in the under 16's points race and won the under 16's individual pursuit and scratch race titles. Kay won three consecutive future stars series titles at revolution cycling series.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Kay competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.

Senior career

At the 2009 Dudley Track Open Grand Prix Kay was the winner of the omnium event. Kay won the final stage at the 2012 Surf & Turf weekend to triumph overall. During the 2013 season Kay won the 2013 Hillingdon Grand Prix. At the Coupe de France Fenioux Piste which occurred just before the 2016 Olympic Games, Kay finished fourth in the Omnium. Kay then won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit. In November 2016 Kay joined ahead of the 2017 season.

Major results

2010

British National Youth Track Championships

:1st Individual pursuit

:1st Scratch

:2nd Points race

2nd Points race, British National Junior Track Championships

2011

British National Youth Track Championships

:1st Individual pursuit

:1st Points race

:1st Scratch

:3rd Sprint

3rd Madison, British National Youth Track Championships (with Rebecca Hunt)

2012

British National Track Championships

:1st Team pursuit

:2nd Madison (with Amy Roberts)

British National Junior Track Championships

:1st Scratch

:3rd Individual pursuit

2013

UCI Juniors Track World Championships

:1st Team pursuit (with Amy Hill, Hayley Jones and Emily Nelson)

:3rd Omnium

British National Junior Track Championships

:1st Individual pursuit

:2nd Points race

Revolution

:1st Scratch – Round 1, Manchester

:2nd Scratch – Round 2, Glasgow

3rd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Hayley Jones)

2014

1st Scratch, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix

2nd Scratch, British National Track Championships

2015

Revolution

:1st Points race – Round 3, London

:1st Scratch – Round 3, London

:2nd Points race – Round 4, Glasgow

:2nd Scratch – Round 5, London

:2nd Scratch – Round 2, Manchester

:3rd Points race – Round 2, Manchester

:3rd Scratch – Round 3, Manchester

3rd Points race, British National Track Championships

6th London Nocturne

7th Women's Tour de Yorkshire

2016

2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

:1st Team pursuit, Glasgow (with Ellie Dickinson, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)

:1st Omnium, Glasgow

:2nd Omnium, Apeldoorn

UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

:1st Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)

:3rd Omnium

Grand Prix of Poland

:1st Scratch

:2nd Points race

UEC European Track Championships

:2nd Madison (with Emily Nelson)

:3rd Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)

2nd Points race, Revolution Champions League, Round 1 – Manchester

Revolution

:3rd Points race, Round 1 – Manchester

:3rd Points race, Round 5 – Manchester

:3rd Scratch, Round 5 – Manchester

2017

Track Cycling Challenge

:1st Madison (with Manon Lloyd)

:1st Points race

:3rd Omnium

:3rd Scratch

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

3rd Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków (with Neah Evans, Emily Nelson and Manon Lloyd)

3rd Individual pursuit, Dublin International

2018

2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

:1st Team pursuit, Berlin

:2nd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Neah Evans)

2nd Scratch, UEC European Track Championships

British National Track Championships

:2nd Points race

:3rd Individual pursuit

:3rd Madison (with Neah Evans)

3rd Scratch, Commonwealth Games

2020

3rd Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Milton

2021

3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

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