Kirsti Lay
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Kirsti Lay at the 2015 Pan American Games road race |
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| Full name | Kirsti Lay-Giroux |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1988 |
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 Canada
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| discipline | Rail: Endurance / Road |
| End of career | 2019 |
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| Last updated: March 14, 2020 | |
Kirsti Lay , married. Kirsti Lay-Giroux , (born April 7, 1988 in Medicine Hat ) is a former Canadian cyclist who is active on track and road , and speed skater .
Athletic career
Kirsti Lay began her athletic career as a speed skater; she started three times in the Junior World Championship and in several World Cups. In 2012, an injury forced her to give up the sport and she turned to cycling.
In 2015, the Canadian four-man team with Kirsti Lay won gold medals at the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali and at the Pan American Games . The following year Lay started in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro together with Jasmin Glaesser , Allison Beveridge and Georgia Simmerling . The four won the bronze medal.
In 2019 Lay became the mother of a daughter and ended her cycling career.
Private
Kirsti Lay graduated with a degree in economics in 2014 . She is married to former Canadian speed skater Mathieu Giroux , who at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver won the gold medal in the team pursuit.
successes
train
- 2015
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Track Cycling World Cup in Cali - team pursuit -
Pan American Game Winner - Team Pursuit (with Allison Beveridge , Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser )
- 2016
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Olympic Games - Team Pursuit (with Laura Brown , Jasmin Glaesser , Allison Beveridge and Georgia Simmerling ) -
Track World Championships - Team Pursuit (with Allison Beveridge , Georgia Simmerling and Jasmin Duehring )
Street
- 2017
- one stage Cascade Cycling Classic
Teams
- 2016–2019 Rally Cycling Women
Web links
- Kirsti Lay in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Kirsti Lay in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirsti Lay. In: olympic.ca. August 13, 2016, accessed September 25, 2016 .
- ^ A b Cyclists Allison Beveridge, Kirsti Lay capture bronze medal at Rio Olympics - UToday - University of Calgary. In: ucalgary.ca. September 23, 2016, accessed September 25, 2016 .
- ^ Kirsti Lay announces retirement from competitive cycling. In: chatnewstoday.ca. September 17, 2019, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Lay, Kirsti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lay-Giroux, Kirsti (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Medicine Hat |