Emily Nelson

Emily Nelson (born 10 November 1996) is a former English professional racing cyclist. Her sister, Josie, is also a cyclist and joined Trinity Racing for the 2021 season.

Career
On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Nelson 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 Kay. 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.

On the road in 2017, Nelson won the third round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Northwich. Nelson followed this up by finishing second at the Lincoln Grand Prix which was part of the National Women's Road Series.

Major results

 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships


 * 2014
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships


 * 2015
 * Revolution
 * 1st Scratch Race - Round 2 - Manchester
 * 1st Scratch Race - Round 4 – Glasgow
 * 2nd Scratch Race - Round 3, London


 * 2016
 * UCI Track World Cup
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit (Glasgow)
 * 2nd Team pursuit (Hong Kong)
 * 3rd Points race
 * UEC European Track Championships
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Madison race (with Emily Kay)
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
 * UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Points race
 * Revolution
 * 1st Points race - Round 2, Glasgow
 * 2nd Points race - Round 6, Manchester
 * 2nd Scratch race - Round 2, Glasgow
 * 3rd Scratch race - Round 6, Manchester
 * Revolution Champions League
 * 1st Points race - Round 1, Manchester
 * 2nd Omnium - Round 1, Manchester


 * 2017
 * 6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola
 * 1st Madison (with Katie Archibald)
 * 2nd Points Race
 * 2nd Scratch Race
 * National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
 * 2nd Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Points race
 * 3rd Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Madison race, UCI Track World Championships (with Elinor Barker)
 * UCI Track World Cup
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Madison, Round 1, Pruszków (with Elinor Barker)
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Team Pursuit, Round 1, Pruszków (with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Manon Lloyd)
 * 3rd Overall Six Days of London
 * 1st Madison (with Neah Evans)
 * 3rd Scratch Race
 * 3rd Points Race, Revolution Series – Champions League – Round 2, Glasgow


 * 2019
 * UEC European Track Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Scratch race
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Elimination race