Lauren Ellis (cyclist)

Lauren Ellis (born 19 April 1989) is a New Zealand former road and track cyclist.

Career
Ellis rode the team pursuit at the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing with Kaytee Boyd and Alison Shanks, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers. They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.

In 2009, she won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit World Championships with Jaime Nielsen and Alison Shanks.

Ellis won a silver medal in the women's points race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit. The New Zealand team placed 5th and set the current national record of 3:18.514.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit and Omnium. The New Zealand team placed 4th and set the current national record of 4:17.592 during the first round. Ellis also placed 4th in the Omnium.

Major results

 * 2006
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2007
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2008
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race, National Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships


 * 2009
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Scratch
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2010
 * UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Points race
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Points race, Commonwealth Games
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne


 * 2011
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Points race
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
 * 8th Individual pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2013
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual pursuit
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Omnium
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Points race
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race, National Track Championships
 * 1st Omnium, Invercargill


 * 2014
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit (with Jaime Nielsen, Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams)
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
 * BikeNZ Classic
 * 2nd Scratch
 * 3rd Omnium
 * 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Cup


 * 2015
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of America's Dairyland
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Omnium, Super Drome Cup


 * 2016
 * Festival of Speed
 * 1st Points race
 * 1st Scratch


 * 2019
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Madison, National Track Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Individual pursuit, Oceania Track Championships