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Erin Attwell

Biography

• Competes in both track cycling and road cycling
• Made her debut on the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in January 2018 and won a bronze medal with the team pursuit squad
• Won team pursuit bronze at the 2018 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
• Represented Canada in the junior races at the 2016 and 2017 UCI Road World Championships, highlighted by a 20th place finish in the individual time trial in 2017
• Competed as a member of Canada’s team pursuit team at the 2016 and 2017 UCI World Junior Track Championships, reaching the bronze medal race in 2016

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ERIN

Getting into the Sport: Started cycling competitively at age 15… Outside Interests: Studying pre-med at Queens University… Enjoys baking in her spare time… Odds and Ends: Favourite quote: “I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it’s half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.” – Althea Gibson

Notable International Results

UCI World Championships: 2017 – 20th (individual junior time trial), 37th (junior road race); 2016 – 27th (individual junior time trial), 31st (junior road race)

UCI World Junior Track Championships: 2017 - 5th (team pursuit); 2016 – 4th (team pursuit), 10th (individual pursuit)

Pan American Track Cycling Championships: 2018 – BRONZE (team pursuit)