Rebecca James

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Rebecca James Road cycling
Rebecca James (2012)
Rebecca James (2012)
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Nickname Becky
Date of birth November 19, 1991
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline train
End of career 2017
Societies)
Abergavenny Road Club
Most important successes
Olympic Summer Games
2016 Silver medal-2008OB.svg - Keirin, Sprint
UCI track world championships
2013 World Champion - Keirin, Sprint
Last updated: May 15, 2017

Rebecca "Becky" Angharad James (born November 19, 1991 in Abergavenny , Wales ) is a former Welsh cyclist .

Athletic career

Rebecca James specialized in the short-term disciplines of track cycling . In 2010 she became European sprint champion (youngsters) in Saint Petersburg and won silver in the 500 meter time trial . At the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 , she was second in the sprint and third in the time trial. At the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn , she finished ninth in the sprint and seventh in the time trial.

In 2009 James was two-time junior world champion in Moscow, in the sprint and in the keirin . During this World Cup, on August 13, 2009, she set a junior world record over 200 meters flying with 11.093 seconds. At the UCI Track World Championships 2013 in Minsk , Rebecca James was world champion in sprint and keirin; in the team sprint she finished third together with Victoria Williamson as well as in the time trial. This made her the most successful female athlete at these world championships.

The following year, Rebecca James had cancer surgery on her abdomen , after which she suffered a serious knee injury, so that the continuation of her career was in doubt. She made her comeback at the UCI Track World Championships in London in 2016 and won the bronze medal in the Keirin. In the same year she was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she won the silver medal in the Keirin.

In August 2017, Becky James, who had not raced since the Olympics, announced her retirement from competitive cycling. Her health problems and the controversies surrounding Technical Director Shane Sutton , which led to his resignation and whose protégé she was, are believed to be the reasons . According to her announcement, she now wants to turn her passion for baking wedding and birthday cakes into a profession.

Honors

In 2010 James was nominated for the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year election and finished second behind soccer player Gareth Bale . In 2013 she was voted “Junior Sportswoman of the Year” in Great Britain.

family

Rebecca James is a sister of the two cyclists Rachel and Ffion James .

successes

Becky James (l.) In the keirin final of the Rio Olympics

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2016

Web links

Commons : Rebecca James  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Fletcher: Cathartic bronze medal provides a 'new beginning' for Becky James - Cyclingnews.com. In: cyclingnews.com. March 4, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 .
  2. ^ William Fotheringham: Becky James retires from cycling at 25, one year after Olympic silver medals. In: theguardian.com. August 18, 2017, accessed August 18, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Victoria Jones: The amazing cakes that Becky James makes. In: walesonline.co.uk. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Becky James Runner up at Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2010. BBC, November 29, 2010, accessed December 17, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Becky James named sportswoman of the year. Cyclingnews, December 8, 2013, accessed December 17, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME James, Rebecca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES James, Rebecca Angharad (full name); James, Becky (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Abergavenny