Ellesse Andrews

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Ellesse Andrews
UCI Track World Championships 2020-03-01 165728.jpg
Andrews in 2020
Personal information
Born (1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 21)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb) [1]
RelativesJon Andrews (father)
Cycling career
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Keirin
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aigle Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montichiari Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 Montichiari Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Aigle Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place Keirin

Ellesse Andrews (born 31 December 1999) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's keirin, winning a silver medal.[2]

She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics,[1] gaining a silver medal in the Keirin in the latter event.[3]

Early life[]

Andrews was born in Christchurch Women's Hospital at 23:45 on 31 December 1999, fifteen minutes short of the year 2000.[4] Her father is Olympic cyclist Jon Andrews, who represented New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1992 Summer Olympics.[5] Her mother is Angela Mote-Andrews, who competed internationally in mountain biking. Mote-Andrews was preparing herself for her inaugural participation at world championships—the 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Åre, Sweden—when she got pregnant.[6] She has one younger sister, Zoe.[7]

Andrews grew up in Wanaka and attended Mount Aspiring College until the end of Year 11 before moving to St Peter's School in Cambridge for the final two years of secondary school.[8]

Cycling career[]

Andrews started cycling competitively aged 14, initially mountain biking but she soon changed to track cycling.[6] She asked her father to pay for dance classes and a deal was made that they would do more cycling. Shortly afterwards, her father bought her a track bike, which got her into track cycling.[9]

Andrews won four medals, including two gold at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[6] Competing in the Izu Velodrome, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women's keirin. She had to go through the repechage to progress to quarter and semi finals. In the final, she moved into second place with two laps to go and held that place.[10]

Major results[]

2016
UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
2017
UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit [a][11]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2018
Oceania Track Cycling Championships
1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit [12]
2019
UCI Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team Pursuit (Hong Kong) [13]
2021
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Keirin

Awards[]

Andrews won Secondary School Sportswoman of the Year at the February 2018 Waikato Regional Sports Awards. A week later, she won the Emerging Talent award at the Halberg Awards.[6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ In the qualifying round, Andrews clocked a 2:18.080 world junior record

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Elleese Andrews". at gc2018.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Cycling Track ANDREWS Ellesse - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ Rollo, Phillip (5 August 2021). "'I can't stop crying': Ellesse Andrews wins silver medal in women's keirin". Stuff. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ Geenty, Mark (6 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Silver medallist Ellesse Andrews' family party like it's 1999". Stuff. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Andrews sets world record on way to cycling gold medal". cyclingnewzealand.nz. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d Goile, Aaron (24 November 2020). "Kiwi sprinter carrying family cycling pedigree into Olympic debut in Tokyo". Stuff. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Cycling silver medallist Ellesse Andrews' proud family in tears after her performance". The New Zealand Herald. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "From Kerikeri to Invercargill: Where New Zealand's Tokyo Olympians went to school". Stuff. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Ellesse Andrews". Cycling New Zealand. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. ^ Rollo, Phillip (6 August 2021). "'I can't stop crying': Cyclist Ellesse Andrews in shock after winning silver medal". Stuff. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Individual Pursuit – Qualifications" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Women Elite Individual Pursuit Gold Final". OCC. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Women's Team Pursuit Finals". UCI. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by
Campbell Stewart
 Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award
2017 		Succeeded by
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