Erin Rowell

Erin Rowell

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1983-01-19) 19 January 1983
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Cycling
Disability class	C4
Medal record Women's para-cycling Representing Australia Track World Championships 2025 Rio de Janeiro Sprint C4 2025 Rio de Janeiro Mixed team sprint C1–5 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 500 m Time Trial C5 2023 Glasgow 500 m Time Trial C4 2025 Rio de Janeiro Elimination C4

Erin Rowell (née Normoyle) (born 19 January 1983) is an Australian para-cyclist, World Champion, World Championship medallist and Commonwealth Games medallist who represents Australia in international track cycling.

Rowell has won a UCI Para-cycling Track World Championship title, as well as medals across multiple World Championships. In 2026, she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning bronze in the women’s C4/C5 1000 m time trial and finishing fourth in the 4000 m individual pursuit.

Before transitioning to elite cycling, Rowell competed internationally in motocross.

Personal

In 2010, she was involved in a serious head-on motor vehicle accident near Red Bud, Illinois. She suffered multiple fractures to her leg, as well as chest and rib injuries. Rowell with her husband Ryan operate in the TORQ F1T fitness centre in Torquay, Victoria.

Sport

In 2004, Rowell moved to the United States to pursue a career in motocross, competing internationally while also furthering her modelling career.

In 2022, Rowell became the first athlete from AusCycling’s Fast Track program to be selected to an Australian national team, earning selection for the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[3] She was classified as a C4 rider in 2024.

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rowell won bronze in the Women’s C5 Time Trial and finished 11th in the Women’s C5 Individual Pursuit.[4]

At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow, she won bronze in the Women’s C4 Time Trial.

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Rowell finished fourth in the Women’s C4 Time Trial and ninth in the Women’s C4 Individual Pursuit.[5]

At the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Rowell became a two-time World Champion, winning gold in the Women’s C4 Sprint and the Mixed C1–5 Team Sprint. She also won bronze in the Women’s C4 Elimination.[6]

In 2026, Rowell represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning bronze in the Women’s C4/C5 1000 m Time Trial and finishing fourth in the Women’s C4/C5 4000 m Individual Pursuit.