Grace Lister
 Grace Lister (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 2004 Shrewsbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | pursuit, scratch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Inspired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Hess Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Lister (born 27 May 2004) is an English international cyclist. She currently rides for Hess Cycling Team.[1] She represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2] She was a bronze medalist in the women's team pursuit at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships and a gold medalist in the Madison at the 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships representing Great Britain.
Biography
[edit]Lister rode for Wolverhampton Wheelers before joining Brother UK-Orientation Marketing. She started riding aged 6 and joined the British Cycling programme in 2021.[3]
She won the gold medal at the 2022 British National Track Championships in the team pursuit.[4] In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[5] She competed in two events; the women's individual pursuit race, finishing in 14th place and the women's scratch race.[2][3] She won the gold medal at 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships alongside Zoe Backstedt in the women’s Madison.[6]
She competed the U23 European Track Championships in Portugal, winning the U23 Team Pursuit alongside Sophie Lewis, Maddie Leech and Kate Richardson.[7]
Lister won her second national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, retaining her title in the women’s team pursuit.[8] The following year, at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the team pursuit national title for the third consecutive year, riding for Team Inspired.[9][10]
She competed for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium in February 2025, where she won a bronze medal at the championships in the women's team pursuit.[11]
Major wins
[edit]- 2022
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2023
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2024
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ "Points Grace Lister". British Cycling. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Grace Lister results". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Shropshire teen cyclist Grace Lister called up for Commonwealth Games". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Teen sensation. World champion. British cyclist Grace Lister tracks her journey from Manchester roots to international heights". igsltd.com. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Downes, Steven (19 July 2023). "LINDLEY'S MADDIE LEECH BECOMES A EUROPEAN CYCLING CHAMPION – AND THERE'S NO STOPPING HER". Huddersfield Hub. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "National Track Championships 2024: Jody Cundy wins national title on return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Results day 1". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "SILVER SUCCESS FOR EDMUNDS ON FINAL DAY OF 2025 UEC TRACK ELITE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.