Emma Finucane

Emma Finucane
Finucane in 2024
Personal information
Born (2002-12-22) 22 December 2002 (age 21)[1]
Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Team information
Current teamBrother UK-Orientation marketing[3]
DisciplineTrack cycling
RoleRider
Rider typesprint, time trial, keirin
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Apeldoorn Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Sprint

Emma Finucane (/fɪˈnuːkən/ fin-OO-kən; born 22 December 2002) is a Welsh track cyclist.[4][5] She is the 2023 UCI world champion in women's individual sprint, the third Briton (after Victoria Pendleton and Becky James) and second Welsh woman (after James) to win the world title. In the Paris 2024 Olympics, she became the first British woman to win three medals in a single Games since Mary Rand in 1964.

  1. ^ "Profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Emma Finucane". UCI Track Champions a League. UCI. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Athlete Blog". British Athletes Commission. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3". Velo UK. Retrieved 30 March 2022.