Emma cumming

Emma cumming
	Emma Cumming (2018)
To person
Date of birth	February 20, 1998
nation	New Zealand
discipline	Train (short term)
Most important successes
	UCI Track World Championships for Juniors 2016 - team sprint
	Last updated: April 7, 2018

Emma Cumming (born February 20, 1998 in Invercargill ) is a New Zealand cyclist.

Athletic career

Emma Cumming began her athletic career as a teenager with a triathlete . Not making any progress in swimming , she switched to cycling at the age of 14 and began training on the velodrome in her hometown of Invercargill. She received support from her teacher.

In 2014, Cumming started at the Junior Oceania Championships and won bronze in the 500-meter time trial and Keirin both. The following year, she and Olivia Podmore finished second in the team sprint at the Junior World Championships . In 2016 she became Junior World Champion in the same discipline with Ellesse Andrews .

From 2017 Emma Cumming started in the elite. At the Oceania Championships she won silver in the time trial and team sprint (with Racquel Sheath ) and bronze in the Keirin. The following year she won the continental track championships. with Podmore Bronze in the team sprint. In 2018 she was successful at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane when she finished second in the team sprint and third in the time trial with Natasha Hansen .

Honors

In 2019 Emma Cumming received the Emerging Talent Award , and her father Sid, who trains her and other athletes, was honored as Coach of the Year .