Anna Turvey

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Anna Turvey
Anna Turvey European Track Cycling Championships 2016.jpg
Anna Turvey European Track Cycling Championships 2016
Personal information
Full nameAnna Catherine Turvey
Born (1980-02-05) 5 February 1980 (age 42)
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Team information
Current teamTyneside Vagabonds CC
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Tyneside Vagabonds CC
2014–2015Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
2016-presentTyneside Vagabonds CC
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Women's track cycling
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Individual pursuit

Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland.[1] She holds the Irish National records for the 10 miles, 25 miles and 50 miles individual time trials.

In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25-mile time trial[2] and top 10 in The British Elite time trial.[3] Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey the qualified to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial[4] and 12th in the individual pursuit.[5]

Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016.[6] In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.[7]

Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8th [1] in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursuit [2]

Away from cycling, Turvey works as an Optometrist.[8][9] She is the cousin of British Professional Racing driver Oliver Turvey.

Major results[]

2019
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Time Trial [3]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg RTTC National 10-mile Championships [4]
12th UEC Road European Championships Elite Women Individual Time Trial [5]
34th UCI Road World Championships Elite Women Individual Time trial [6]
2018
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg RTTC National 25 Mile Road Time Trial Championships [7]
1st Gold medal blank.svg RTTC National 10 Miles Road Time Trial Championships [8]
7th Chrono Champenois Trophee Europeen (1.1) (Betheny, France)([9]
1st Gold medal blank.svg RTTC National 50 Mile Road Time Trial Championships [10]
9th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time trial WE (1.1) (Les Herbiers, France) [11]
Beryl Burton Trophy (Champions of Champions) [12]
2017
19th European Road cycling Championships individual time trial (Herning, Denmark) [13]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg RTTC National 25-mile Individual Time Trial Championships [14]
17th Individual Pursuit UCI Track World Championships (Hong Kong) [15]
10th Individual Pursuit UCI Track cycling World Cup IV (Los Angeles) [16]
2016
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Time Trial, Irish National Cycling Championships
10th Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Road Race, Irish National Cycling Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg RCTT National 25 Miles Championship [17]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg RCTT National 10 Miles Championship [18]
24th European Elite Road cycling Championships (Plumelec, France)[19]
28th UCI Road World Championships (Doha, Qatar)[20]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women 3 km Individual Pursuit 2016 UEC European Track Championships
8th European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women Team Pursuit [21] with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns
2015
1st Gold medal blank.svg RTTC National Team Time Trial Championship with Katie Archibald and Ciara Horne
2014
9th Commonwealth Games Individual Time Trial [22]
12th Commonwealth Games 3 km Individual Pursuit [23]
1st Scotland Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Championships
1st Scotland Scottish Cycling National 25 Mile Time Trial Championships [24]
2013
1st Gold medal blank.svg British National Duathlon Championships (Age Group)[25]
1st Gold medal blank.svg British National Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships (Age Group)[26]
8th British Elite Road cycling Time Trial [27]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg RTTC National 50 Miles Road Time Trial Championship [28]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg RTTC National 25 miles Road Time Trial Championships [29]
4th ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (London) [30]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Track Championships [31]
13th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time trial [32]
2012
1st Gold medal blank.svg British National Duathlon Championships (Age Group) [33]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (Auckland) [34]
2011
2nd Silver medal blank.svg ETU Duathlon European Championships (Limerick, Ireland) [35]
1st Gold medal blank.svg ETU Triathlon European (sprint distance) Championships (Age Group) (Pontevedra, Spain) [36]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg ITU World Triathlon Final Sprint Distance (Age Group) (Beijing, China) [37]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anna Turvey". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Cycling Time Trials: RTTC National Championship 25 (Women) - Participation List". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Events". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Results - Womens Individual Time Trial - Cycling - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Results - Womens 3000m Individual Pursuit - Cycling - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ "2016 National Championships Ireland WE - ITT". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Anna Turvey". Go Scotland. Commonwealth Games Scotland. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ^ Ayling, Joe (22 June 2015). "Remarkable roles: How international cyclist Anna Turvey keeps her career on track". Optician. Mark Allen Group. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

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