Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert [2](born 6 December 2001) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3] At the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial event, repeating her achievement from the previous World Championships.[4][5]
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| Full name | Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 2001 Pontypridd, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | Storey Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020– | Trek–Segafredo[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editBorn in Pontypridd, Bäckstedt trains in the Pontyclun and Cardiff area.[6] Her parents Magnus Bäckstedt[7] and Megan Hughes were both professional cyclists, and she is the elder sister of Zoë Bäckstedt.[8]
Major results
edit- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 2019
- UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Madison (with Sophie Lewis)
- 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2
- 1st
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem Junioren
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 2nd
Individual pursuit - 2nd Madison (with Sophie Lewis)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour Juniors
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 3rd
- 2022
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2024
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
Personal life
editOn 23 July 2021, Bäckstedt announced her engagement to Charley Calvert, a fellow British professional cyclist.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt-Calvert – Team Wales".
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt overcomes early wobble to take UCI Road World Championships junior bronze". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt: 'On a course like this you never know what can happen – I almost didn't make it round'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Elynor Backstedt". bespoke M. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "This family have competed in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Tour de France and the youngest is only 12 years old". Wales Online. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Simon MacMichael (31 March 2019). "Backstedt sisters both win at Gent-Wevelgem as Zoe wins under-17 race and Elynor clinches under-19 title". road.cc. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Future Mrs. Calvert". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
External links
edit- Elynor Bäckstedt at UCI
- Elynor Bäckstedt at Cycling Archives
- Elynor Bäckstedt at ProCyclingStats
- Elynor Bäckstedt at Cycling Quotient
- Elynor Bäckstedt at CycleBase
- Elynor Bäckstedt at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
