Lauren Bell (cyclist)
 Bell in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 October 1999 (age 25) Scotland |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Black Line |
| Discipline | Track Sprint |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
Lauren Bell (born 6 October 1999) is a British and Scottish female track cyclist. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and a silver medal in the event at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Early life
[edit]She is from Forres in west Moray, Scotland. She was educated at the Forres Academy.[1] She switched her focus from athletics to cycling in her late teenage years.[2] She studied in Edinburgh, before moving to Manchester to train full-time with British Cycling.[3]
Cycling career
[edit]Bell became a double British champion, when winning the time trial Championship and the keirin championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships in Manchester. She set new Scottish records in two events at the championships in which she won four medals overall, achieving the milestones in the 500m time trial and a flying 200m run.[4][5]
She went on to take her first global medal with a bronze in the team sprint at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, alongside Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane.[6][1][3] She represented Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[3]
She won a silver medal at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on the Women's team sprint event alongside Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell in Glasgow, Scotland. In the qualifying round they qualify fastest in a new British record time of 46.072.[7] They were narrowly beaten to the gold medal in the final by the German sprint team who set a new world record.[1]
In 2024, she won her third and fourth national titles at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, winning the individual sprint and the kierin titles in Manchester within the space of 24 hours, holding off a late charge from Rhian Edmunds.[8][9]
She win three sprint titles at the 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships.[10]
Major wins
[edit]- 2020
- 1st
Time trial - 1st Keirin
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Christie, Craig (4 August 2023). "Forres cyclist Lauren Bell wins silver in the women's team sprint at the UCI Cycling World Championships as Germany smash their own world record to win in Glasgow's Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome". Northern-Scot. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Smith, Tyrone (23 April 2025). "'Some athletes need to be fully focused... I'm not like that'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Christie, Craig (11 November 2022). "Beyond her wildest dreams - Forres cyclist Lauren Bell reflects on her Olympic ambitions, her greatest sporting achievement to win an emotional bronze medal at the world track cycling championships and representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games". Forres-Gazette. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Drysdale, Neil (28 January 2020). "Rising Moray cycling star in record-breaking form in Manchester". The Press and Journal.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's Team Sprint - Final Classification". uci.org. Tissot Timing. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Capewell sets new British record at Cycling World Championships". lboro.ac.uk. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Report: Day 3 British Track Championships". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Falkingham, Katie (25 February 2024). "National Track Championships 2024: Lauren Bell among winners on day three in Manchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "DAY 3 REPORT: BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". VeloUK. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Lauren Bell at British Cycling
- Lauren Bell at UCI
- Lauren Bell at Cycling Archives
- Lauren Bell at CycleBase
- Lauren Bell at Commonwealth Games Scotland
- Lauren Bell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
