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Scottish cyclist (born 1983)

Ross Edgar

Personal information
Born (1983-01-03) 3 January 1983 (age 42)Newmarket, United Kingdom
Team information
Current team Australia
Discipline Track
Role Rider / Coach
Rider type Sprinter / Retired
Amateur team
West Suffolk Wheelers
Professional teams
2008 Science in Sport
2002–2012 Team Sky & Great Britain
2013–2014 Team IG–Sigma Sport
2016–2017 UCI & Korea
2018 Australia
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Great Britain Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Keirin World Championships Silver medal – second place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team Sprint Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester Team sprint Bronze medal – third place 2007 Palma de Mallorca Keirin Bronze medal – third place 2010 Ballerup Team Sprint Representing Scotland Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Team sprint Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Individual sprint Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Keirin Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Team sprint

Ross Edgar (born 3 January 1983) is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games[1]

He won a silver medal at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the Keirin.

He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In London 2012 Olympics, Edgar who was to represent Great Britain in the Team Sprint final was replaced & missed out on a Gold Medal which the team won.

Representing Scotland internationally he was Born in Newmarket, Suffolk. Having qualified to represent Scotland through his father David.

Ross Edgar as an amateur youth rider started with West Suffolk Wheelers based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk alongside younger brother Bruce.

In December 2012 it was announced that Edgar had signed for the IG-Sigma Sport cycling team for the 2013 season, adding road racing commitments to his existing membership of the Great Britain track cycling programme.[2] After the team withdrew from racing at the end of the season Edgar was confirmed as s member of the Great Britain Olympic Podium Programme, switching from the sprint to the endurance squad.[3]

Pre 2018, Edgar was a UCI coach based in Aigle, Switzerland, where he also coached Korean cyclist Lee Hye-Jin, who finished 8th in the keirin at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Currently he is a track sprint coach for Cycling Australia, based in Adelaide.

2012

Track Cycling World Cup

3rd Team sprint, Round 4, London (with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny)[4]

2010

British National Team Sprint Championships

Gold

World Track Championships, Copenhagen

Bronze, Team Sprint

2009

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

1st Team sprint, Round 1, Manchester[5]

2008

Olympics

Silver, Men's Keirin

World Track Championships, Manchester

Silver, Team Sprint

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

1st Team sprint (with Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff), Round 1, Manchester[6]

2nd Manchester International Keirin[7]

2007

World Track Championships, Majorca

Silver, Team Sprint

Bronze, Men's Keirin

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

2nd Keirin, Round 3, Los Angeles[8]

3rd Sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles[9]

3rd Team sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles (with Jason Kenny and Jason Queally)[10]

1st Team sprint, Round 4, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[11]

2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney[12]

3rd Manchester International Keirin[7]

British National Track Championships

1st Sprint[7]

2006

Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)

Silver, Men's Sprint

Bronze, Men's Keirin

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

1st Team sprint, Round 1, Sydney (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[13]

2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney[14]

British National Track Championships

1st Keirin[7]

2nd Sprint[7]

2nd Team sprint (with Matt Crampton and Jamie Staff)[15]

2005

European Track Championships (under-23)

Silver, Sprint

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

1st Team sprint, Round 2, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)[16]

2004

European Track Championships (under-23)

Gold, Sprint

British National Track Championships

1st Sprint[7]

1st Team sprint (with David Heald and Barney Storey)[7]

2003

Track Cycling World Cup Classics

3rd Sprint, Round 4, Sydney[17]

British National Track Championships

1st Sprint[7]

2002

Commonwealth Games, Manchester

Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)

  1. ^ Athlete Profile
  2. ^ Wynn, Nigel (21 December 2012). "Ross Edgar joins IG Sigma Sport road team for 2013". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. ^ Henrys, Colin (21 November 2013). "Great Britain 'in good shape' for 2016 according to Sir Dave Brailsford as 2013/14 squad named". Roadcycling UK. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ "London, Team Sprint 2012". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Manchester Track World Cup: Cycling Weekly's full coverage". Cycling Weekly. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Manchester, Team Sprint 2008". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ross Edgar". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles, Keirin 2007". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Los Angeles, Sprint 2007". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Los Angeles, Team Sprint 2007". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Manchester, Team Sprint 2007". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Sydney, Keirin 2007". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Sydney, Team Sprint 2006". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Sydney, Sprint 2006". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  15. ^ "National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Great Britain 2006". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Manchester, Team Sprint 2005". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  17. ^ "Sydney, Sprint 2003". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 November 2013.