Rhian Edmunds

Rhian Edmunds
Edmunds in 2024
Personal information
Born (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003[1]
Newport, Wales
Team information
Current teamNewport Velo Youth CC[2]
DisciplineTrack cycling
RoleRider
Rider typesprint, team sprint
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2026 GlasgowSprint
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Heusden-ZolderSprint
Silver medal – second place2025 Heusden-ZolderKeirin
Silver medal – second place2025 Heusden-ZolderTeam sprint
European Under-23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 AnadiaTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2025 Anadia1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place2025 AnadiaKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2025 AnadiaIndividual sprint

Rhian Edmunds (born 4 April 2003) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. She was a bronze medalist representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a three-time silver medalist representing Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships, winning the medals in the team sprint, individual sprint and the kierin.[3][4]

Cycling career

Edmunds became a double British champion when winning the sprint and team sprint events at the 2022 British National Track Championships.[5][6] Later that year, she claimed a bronze medal representing Wales in the team sprint at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, racing alongside Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas.[7]

She competed on the track at the U23 European Track Championships in Portugal, winning the gold medal in the U23 Team Sprint.[8]

She finished as runner-up in the women’s kierin to Lauren Bell at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, in Manchester.[9][10]

At the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup, Edmunds was part of the British team sprint line-up that finished the event with a silver medal.[11] She was runner-up to Bell in the individual sprint at the 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships.[12] She competed for Great Britain at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, winning a silver medal in the women’s kierin event, pipped to gold by nine-thousandths of a second by Dutch racer Steffie van der Peet.[13] She also won a silver medal at the championships in the women’s individual sprint competition, edged out in the final by Yana Burlakova.[14] Partnering with Lauren Bell and Rhianna Parris-Smith, she was also a silver medalist in the women's team sprint, finishing runners-up to the Netherlands team.[15]

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Edmunds won gold in the team sprint alongside Finucane and Thomas. The Welsh trio twice broke the Commonwealth Games record, recording a time of 46.760 in the final to defeat England.[16] One day later, she won a bronze medal in the sprint.[17]

Major results

2022
National Track Championships
1st Sprint
1st Team sprint
UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
3rd Team sprint, Glasgow (with Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas)[18]
Commonwealth Games
3rd Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas)
2025
UEC European Track Championships
2nd Sprint
2nd Team sprint (with Lauren Bell and Rhianna Parris-Smith)
2nd Keirin
UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
2nd Team sprint (with Lowri Thomas and Lauren Bell), Konya
2026
Commonwealth Games
1st Team sprint (with Lowri Thomas and Emma Finucane)
3rd Sprint

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Profile". UCI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3". Velo UK. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Welsh teenagers light up home cycling championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Cyclist Emma Finucane claims second bronze medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Riders Ready to Race at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". beiciocymru.org. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Report: Day 3 British Track Championships". Velo UK. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Falkingham, Katie (25 February 2024). "National Track Championships 2024: Lauren Bell among winners on day three in Manchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Racing Recap: Welsh Riders Deliver Big Results on the International Stage". beiciocymru. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "DAY 3 REPORT: BRITISH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". VeloUK. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "Edmunds wins keirin silver for GB at Europeans". BBC Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Charlton wins GB's first European gold in Belgium". BBC Sport. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Welsh Stars Secure Six Medals at the 2025 UEC Track Elite European Championships". Beiciocymru.org. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  16. ↑ Bragman, Scott (30 July 2026). "Commonwealth Games 2026: Emma Finucane powers Wales to team sprint gold in Glasgow". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Finucane storms to sprint gold in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "UCI Track Nations Cup: Great Britain claim double silver in team pursuit in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
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