Sophie Capewell

Sophie Capewell

Sophie Capewell (2019)
To person
Date of birth	4th September 1998
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Train (short term)
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships (Juniors) 2016 - sprint, team sprint
Last updated: June 3, 2020

Capewell at the Rail World Cup 2020 in Berlin in a sprint duel against the Japanese Yūka Kobayashi

Sophie Capewell (born September 4, 1998 in Lichfield ) is a British track cyclist who specializes in the short-term disciplines.

Athletic career

Sophie Capewell comes from a cycling family. Her father was a coach at a club, and after her older sister started racing, she started racing when she was six. Even as a youth driver, she won national titles.

In 2015, Sophie Capewell made her international debut at the European Junior Championships in Athens and narrowly missed a medal with places four (in the sprint ) and five (in the keirin ). The following year, at the Junior European Championships in Montichiari , she won two bronze medals, in the 500-meter time trial and with Lauren Bate in the team sprint .

In 2017, at the age of 18, Capewell became two-time British elite champion, in the keirin and with Bate in the team sprint. In 2019 she became national sprint champion.

successes

2016

• Junior European Championship - Sprint, Team Sprint (with Lauren Bate )

2017

• British Champion - Keirin, Team Sprint (with Lauren Bate )

2019

• British Champion - Sprint

Web links

Commons : Sophie Capewell  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sophie Capewell in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Sophie Capewell. In: British Cycling. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sophie Capewell: British Champion and a junior sprinter on the rise. In: Peloton Watch. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .