Kirsti Lay

Kirsti Lay
Lay in 2015
Personal information
Full nameKirsti Lay
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36)[1]
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2015SAS–Mazda–Macogep
Professional team
2016–2019Rally Cycling[2]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Team pursuit

Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Rally UHC Cycling between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[4] winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit.[5] In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.

Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007[7] and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.[8]

  1. ^ Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives (archived)
  2. ^ Soladay, Tom. "2019 men's and women's rosters". Rally UHC Cycling. Circuit Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling". Airdrie City View. Great West Newspapers. The Canadian Press. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ Final Results
  6. ^ Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Kirsti Lay". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ^ "CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team". Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.