Emily Kay

Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a track and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI World Cup Track cycling circuit. She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team.

Junior career
Kay partook in the 2009 School games and won the individual pursuit and finished second in the Keirin. At the 2010 national youth and junior track championships, Kay placed second in the junior points race, just three points behind Laura Trott. In addition, Kay placed second in the under 16's points race and won the under 16's individual pursuit and scratch race titles. Kay won three consecutive future stars series titles at revolution cycling series.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Kay competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.

Senior
At the 2009 Dudley Track Open Grand Prix Kay was the winner of the omnium event. Kay won the final stage at the 2012 Surf & Turf weekend to triumph overall. During the 2013 season Kay won the 2013 Hillingdon Grand Prix. At the Coupe de France Fenioux Piste which occurred just before the 2016 Olympic Games, Kay finished fourth in the Omnium. Kay then won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit. In November 2016 Kay joined ahead of the 2017 season.

Major results

 * 2010
 * British National Youth Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
 * 2nd Points race
 * 2nd Points race, British National Junior Track Championships


 * 2011
 * British National Youth Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
 * 3rd Sprint
 * 3rd Madison, British National Youth Track Championships (with Rebecca Hunt)


 * 2012
 * British National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
 * 2nd Madison (with Amy Roberts)
 * British National Junior Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
 * 3rd Individual pursuit


 * 2013
 * UCI Juniors Track World Championships
 * 1st jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit (with Amy Hill, Hayley Jones and Emily Nelson)
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium
 * British National Junior Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Points race
 * Revolution
 * 1st Scratch – Round 1, Manchester
 * 2nd Scratch – Round 2, Glasgow
 * 3rd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Hayley Jones)


 * 2014
 * 1st Scratch, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
 * 2nd Scratch, British National Track Championships


 * 2015
 * Revolution
 * 1st Points race – Round 3, London
 * 1st Scratch – Round 3, London
 * 2nd Points race – Round 4, Glasgow
 * 2nd Scratch – Round 5, London
 * 2nd Scratch – Round 2, Manchester
 * 3rd Points race – Round 2, Manchester
 * 3rd Scratch – Round 3, Manchester
 * 3rd Points race, British National Track Championships
 * 6th London Nocturne
 * 7th Women's Tour de Yorkshire


 * 2016
 * 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Glasgow (with Ellie Dickinson, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Glasgow
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Omnium, Apeldoorn
 * UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Omnium
 * Grand Prix of Poland
 * 1st Scratch
 * 2nd Points race
 * UEC European Track Championships
 * 2nd silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Emily Nelson)
 * 3rd bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
 * 2nd Points race, Revolution Champions League, Round 1 – Manchester
 * Revolution
 * 3rd Points race, Round 1 – Manchester
 * 3rd Points race, Round 5 – Manchester
 * 3rd Scratch, Round 5 – Manchester


 * 2017
 * Track Cycling Challenge
 * 1st Madison (with Manon Lloyd)
 * 1st Points race
 * 3rd Omnium
 * 3rd Scratch
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków (with Neah Evans, Emily Nelson and Manon Lloyd)
 * 3rd Individual pursuit, Dublin International


 * 2018
 * 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Berlin
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Neah Evans)
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Scratch, UEC European Track Championships
 * British National Track Championships
 * 2nd Points race
 * 3rd Individual pursuit
 * 3rd Madison (with Neah Evans)
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch, Commonwealth Games


 * 2020
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Milton


 * 2021
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships