Jaime Nielsen
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Jamie Nielsen (2020) | |
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Date of birth | 3rd September 1985 |
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discipline | Railway (endurance) / road |
End of career | 2017 |
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Waikato Bay of Plenty Cycling | |
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Last updated: February 9, 2020 |
Jaime Nielsen (born September 3, 1985 in Cambridge ) is a former New Zealand cyclist . On the track she is a specialist in the pursuit disciplines, on the road in the individual time trial .
Athletic career
Before Jaime Nielsen started cycling, she was successful as a rower and was a member of the national team from 2003 to 2007. In 2004 she became the U23 world champion in women's four- four . In 2007 she switched to cycling.
In 2009 Jaime Nielsen was runner-up in the team pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships 2009 in Pruszków , together with Lauren Ellis and Alison Shanks . The following year she became New Zealand champion in the same discipline, with Rushlee Buchanan and Sonia Waddell . At the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn , Nielsen won bronze in the team pursuit (with Kaytee Boyd and Alison Shanks). In 2012, she finished fifth in the team pursuit together with Ellis and Shanks at the Olympic Games in London .
On the track , Nielsen was the first national champion in the single pursuit in 2014 , and in 2015 and 2016 she repeated this success. Between 2014 and 2017, she won the New Zealand title in the individual time trial on the road three times .
In 2016 Jaime Nielsen was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Together with Rushlee Buchanan , Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams , she finished fourth in the team pursuit. At the 2017 UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong , she won the bronze medal in the team pursuit with Rushlee Buchanan, Kirstie James , Racquel Sheath and Michaela Drummond . In July 2017, she set a new world hour record at sea level over 47.791 kilometers.
Professional and private
Jaime Nielsen has degrees in chemistry and mandarin .
successes
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- 2009
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World Championship Team Pursuit (with Lauren Ellis and Alison Shanks )
- 2010
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New Zealand Champion - Team Pursuit (with Rushlee Buchanan and Sonia Waddell )
- 2011
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World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Kaytee Boyd and Rushlee Buchanan )
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Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - Team Pursuit (with Kaytee Boyd and Rushlee Buchanan )
- 2013
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Oceania Champion - Team Pursuit (with Rushlee Buchanan , Lauren Ellis and Georgia Williams )
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Oceania Championship - One Pursuit, Omnium
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Oceania Championship - Scratch
- 2014
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Oceania Champion - Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath , Lauren Ellis and Georgia Williams )
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Oceania Championship - one's pursuit
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New Zealand Champion - One Pursuit
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
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World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Rushlee Buchanan , Kirstie James , Racquel Sheath and Michaela Drummond )
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New Zealand Champion - Single Pursuit , Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath , Rushlee Buchanan and Bryony Botha )
- 2020
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New Zealand Champion - Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Ally Wollaston , Nina Wollaston and Jessie Hodges )
Street
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017
Teams
- 2015 BePink LaClassica
Web links
- Jaime Nielsen in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Jaime Nielsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Jaime Nielsen in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Jaime Nielsen at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Jaime Nielsen's website , accessed January 6, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jaime Nielsen - New Zealand Olympic Team. In: olympic.org.nz. July 9, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 .
- ^ Andrew Voerman: Cyclist Jaime Nielsen betters previous sea-level mark in hour-record attempt. In: stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Nielsen, Jaime |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd September 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge |