Lara Gillespie

Lara Gillespie
	Lara Gillespie with the bronze medal in the ; single pursuit at the 2019 Junior World Championships
To person
Date of birth	April 21, 2001
nation	Ireland
discipline	Cross country / ; train / street
Societies)
	Blackrock AC
Most important successes
	UCI Track World Championships for Juniors 2019 - Individual pursuit UEC European Junior Championships 2018 - points race
	Last updated: April 23, 2020

Lara Gillespie (born April 21, 2001 in Dublin ) is an Irish cyclist who is active in cyclo-cross races , on the track and in road cycling .

Athletic career

In 2017 Lara Gillespie became Irish junior champion in cyclo-cross racing. In the same year she won the silver medal in the individual time trial on the road at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary .

In 2018, at the age of 16, Gillespie became the first Irish champion of the elite in cyclo-cross racing and started at the U23 Cyclocross World Championships , where she finished 28th. At the 2018 Junior European Railway Championships in Aigle , Switzerland , she won the points race . In the following year she became vice European junior champion in scratch , points race and single pursuit and finished third in the single pursuit at the Junior World Championships . She was also Irish runner-up in road racing .

2017 Lara Gillespie was the Irish Cycling Federation Irish Cycling with the Special Recognition Award honored.

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↑ Irish trio claim youth medals. In: independent.ie. July 26, 2017, accessed April 23, 2018 .
↑ Talented Junior Gillespie shines at World 23 level. In: cyclingireland.ie. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
↑ Cycling Ireland Awards Night 2017. In: Women's Cycling Ireland. November 26, 2017, accessed April 23, 2018 .