Kelsey Mitchell (cyclist)
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Full name | Kelsey Marie Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada | 26 November 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelsey Marie Mitchell (born 26 November 1993) is a Canadian professional track cyclist.[1] She won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in women's individual sprint, and gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Mitchell only started cycling in 2017 at the age of 23 after she participated in RBC Training Ground, an athlete funding and talent ID program.[2][1]
Career[]
Kelsey began her career as a cyclist at age 23, shortly after graduating from the University of Alberta where she played varsity soccer.[3]
In 2019 she broke the 200 m track sprint world record at the UCI Pan American track cycling championships in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[3] She also won sprint gold in the 2019 Pan American Games and placing fourth in the event at the 2020 world championships.[1]
She won the gold medal in the sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][1]
Major results[]
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st sprint
References[]
- ^ a b c d Dichter, Myles (7 August 2021). "Kelsey Mitchell cycles to gold for Canada's 24th medal of Tokyo Olympics". CBC Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Wong, Agnes (4 August 2019). "Day 9 at Lima 2019: Golden finales, historic firsts and more". Canadian Olympic Committee.
- ^ a b Mackinnon, Kevin (30 September 2019). "Kelsey Mitchell: Out of the oil refinery and on a path to the Olympics". Canadian Cycling Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Kelsey Mitchell gold Canada women's track cycling Tokyo Olympics – The Sports Network". TSN. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[]
- Official website
- Kelsey Mitchell at Cycling Archives
- Kelsey Mitchell at Olympedia
- Record time in 200m sprint
- Living people
- Canadian female cyclists
- Sportspeople from Sherwood Park
- Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in cycling
- 1993 births
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Canada
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Canadian cycling biography stubs