Kelly Murphy (cyclist)

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Kelly Murphy
Murphy warming up before Worlds 2019.png
Murphy in 2019
Personal information
Full nameKelly Murphy
Born (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 32)
Hillingdon, London
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typePursuit, Time Trial
Amateur teams
2016Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Club
2017Team Ford EcoBoost
2018Chapter 2
2019–2020Storey Racing
Professional team
2021–Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Ireland
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit

Kelly Murphy (born 3 November 1989) is an Irish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants.[1][2] She was elite women's national champion in the time trial event in 2018 & 2019[3] and represented Ireland in this event at the European and World Championships in these same years. At the 2019 European Road Championships, Murphy finished 10th in the TT and in doing so became the first Irish woman to place within the top 10 at any international road event.[4]

Irish women's team pursuit at 2020 UCI Track World Championships, Berlin

Murphy also represents Ireland on the track, most notably for women's team pursuit. Together with Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie and Alice Sharpe, Murphy was part of the line up that set a new Irish record of 4:21.368 at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, finishing 8th place in the process.[5] The same quartet came close to this time again at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in St. Petersburg, where they won the gold medal against Russia, becoming the first women's team pursuit squad to medal at an international event. Later in that same competition, Murphy rode in the women's individual pursuit and set a new national record of 3:29.510 in qualifying, then went on to win a second gold against Russia in the medal ride-off.[6]

Before turning to cycling full-time in 2018, Murphy completed a doctoral degree in Brain Imaging & Cognitive Neuroscience at Aston University, her PhD thesis is entitled: "On the Neural Basis of Reading: Using Interactions Between Semantics and Phonology to Dissociate Typical, Deviant and Delayed Reading with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetoencephalography"[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Rupelcleaning - Champion Lubricants". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Kelly Murphy". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Kelly Murphy". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ Stokes, Shane. "Kelly Murphy 10th in European road championships". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Team Pursuit- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Tissot UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup - Saint Petersburg - Women's Individual Pursuit- | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "(PDF) On the Neural Basis of Word Reading: Using Semantics and Phonology to Dissociate Typical, Deviant and Delayed Reading with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetoencephalography". ResearchGate. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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