Annette Edmondson

Annette Edmondson
Edmondson in 2018
Personal information
NicknameNettie
Born (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 32)
Adelaide, Australia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamNorwood CC
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Endurance (Track)
  • Sprinter (Road)
Amateur teams
2007–Norwood CC
2011AIS Women's Track Endurance
Professional teams
2012–2013Team Jayco–AIS
2013–2014Orica–AIS
2015–2018Wiggle–Honda
Major wins
Tour of Chongming Island (2013)
Pajot Hills Classic (2017)
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yvelines Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2013 Minsk Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Minsk Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Minsk Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Cali Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Cali Omnium
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Individual pursuit
Women's road cycling
Representing Orica–AIS
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tuscany Team time trial

Annette Edmondson (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian former cyclist who competed on the track with Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit (HPU). She also competed on the road for the Wiggle High5 team between 2015 and 2018.

Her greatest successes were the three gold medals she won at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the omnium and team pursuit,[1] a competition in which she also secured further silver medals in the omnium (2012) and team pursuit (2012 and 2013). Edmondson also competed in the London 2012 Olympics, securing a bronze medal for Australia in the women's Omnium[1] and finishing in fourth place in the Team pursuit. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she claimed a silver in the individual pursuit and a gold in the scratch race, her first gold medal at an international level and her first Commonwealth title. In addition, she has competed at the National Track Championships with gold medal results at an elite level since 2012 in multiple disciplines.

  1. ^ a b "VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko". VeloNews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.