Elynor Bäckstedt
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Full name | Elynor Megan Bäckstedt | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Pontypridd, Wales | 6 December 2001||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Trek–Segafredo | ||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
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2019 | Storey Racing | ||||||||||||||||
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2020– | Trek–Segafredo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Elynor Megan Bäckstedt (born 6 December 2001) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.[2] At the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial event, repeating her achievement from the previous World Championships.[3][4]
Biography[]
Born in Pontypridd, Bäckstedt trains in the Pontyclun and Cardiff area.[5] Her parents Magnus Bäckstedt[6] and Megan Hughes were both professional cyclists, and she is the elder sister of Zoë Bäckstedt.[7]
Major results[]
- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2019
- UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Sophie Lewis)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem Junioren
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Sophie Lewis)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour Juniors
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
Personal life[]
On 23 July 2021, Bäckstedt announced her engagement to Charley Calvert, a fellow British professional cyclist.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt overcomes early wobble to take UCI Road World Championships junior bronze". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt: 'On a course like this you never know what can happen – I almost didn't make it round'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt". bespoke M. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "This family have competed in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Tour de France and the youngest is only 12 years old". Wales Online. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Simon MacMichael (31 March 2019). "Backstedt sisters both win at Gent-Wevelgem as Zoe wins under-17 race and Elynor clinches under-19 title". road.cc. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Future Mrs. Calvert". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
External links[]
- Elynor Bäckstedt at ProCyclingStats
- Elynor Bäckstedt at Cycling Quotient
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Welsh female cyclists
- Sportspeople from Pontypridd
- Welsh people of Swedish descent