Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.[6]
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| Full name | Georgia Williams | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1993 Takapuna, North Island, New Zealand[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Liv AlUla Jayco | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2016 | Be Pink[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Orica–Scott[4][5] | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editShe took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports academy suggested that she was suited to the sport, having previously competed in netball and water polo.[7]
She took two silver medals at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships: one in the team pursuit in 2010 and another in the individual pursuit in 2011.[1] Williams joined the Be Pink team in 2013.[2] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, she was part of the New Zealand team pursuit squads that finished fourth at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] In February 2017 it was announced that Williams would join Orica–Scott for the 2017 season.[8] She won New Zealand's second ever medal in the women's road race at a Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in 2018, after Susy Pryde at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[9]
Major results
edit- 2009
- 1st Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
- 2010
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships (with Alexandra Neems, and Elizabeth Steel)[10]
- 2011
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships[11]
- 3rd Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st Young rider classification Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st Young rider classification Tour Languedoc Roussillon
- 5th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 1st Stage 1a (TTT)
- 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Racquel Sheath)
- 3rd Points race
- 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Classic
- 2016
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 4th Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge
- 5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 2022
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Georgia Williams". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Cycling: Williams signs with Italian BePink team". nzherald.co.nz. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Georgia Williams at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Team BikeExchange". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Reid, Felicity (24 June 2016). "From terrible to trophies". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Orica-Scott add Georgia Williams to women's 2017 roster". cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Wright, Marion (19 April 2018). "Georgia Williams – biggest result of my career so far". Road Cycling. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Aussies add three more golds on night 3". Cycling News. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Voynova sets new world record in time trial". Cycling News. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
External links
edit- Georgia Williams at UCI
- Georgia Williams at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Georgia Williams at ProCyclingStats
- Georgia Williams at Cycling Quotient
- Georgia Williams at Olympics.com