Rachel James
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| Full name | Rachel Sarah James | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1988 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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| Discipline | Track & Road | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter / All-Rounder | |||||||||||||||
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| Infobox last updated on 21 March 2016 |
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Rachel Sarah James (born 1988) is a Welsh racing cyclist specializing in track cycling.
James, from Abergavenny, Wales, is the daughter of David James and Christine Harris,[1] and has a younger sister, Becky, who is a world champion racing cyclist,[2] and also has another two younger sisters; Ffion and Megan, and brother Gareth, who are all keen cyclists.
In 2013 James became a pilot for paracyclist Sophie Thornhill.[3] The pair won a gold medal and set a new world record at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes in the 1km time trial, on their debut in a major international event.[4] They subsequently won a second gold in the tandem sprint.[5]
James represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014[6] where she rode as pilot for former paralympic swimmer Rhiannon Henry.[7] James reunited with Thornhill to compete in the 2014 British National Track Championships in September, where they won the mixed time trial[8] and the 200 metre flying start time trial for blind and visually impaired riders.[9] In addition James took a bronze medal in the team sprint alongside Helen Scott.[10]
Palmarès
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- 2012
- 1st Team sprint, British National Track Championships (with Becky James)
- 2013
- 3rd Keirin, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Team sprint, British National Track Championships (with Ellie Coster)
- 2014
- 1st Tandem B 1km time trial, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Sophie Thornhill)[11]
- 1st Tandem B sprint, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (with Sophie Thornhill)
- 1st Para Cycling BVI mixed time trial, British National Track Championships (with Sophie Thornhill)
- 1st Para Cycling BVI 200m flying start time trial, British National Track Championships (with Sophie Thornhill)
- 3rd Team sprint, British National Track Championships (with Helen Scott)
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