Laura Trott

Laura began cycling with her mother, who took up the sport to lose weight.

As a junior, Laura won the Junior World Champion title in the Omnium, not to mention winning National titles in track, road and Time Trial racing. The 18 year old was also selected to compete at elite level in the 2010 European Track Championships – the first event to qualify points for London 2012 – and won the Gold medal in the Team Pursuit alongside Wendy Houvenaghel and Katie Colclough. In 2010, Laura was also selected for England’s Commonwealth Games squad in which she was the youngest member.

2011 saw Laura make her debut on the Senior World Championships stage, winning Gold alongside Wendy Houvenaghel and Dani King in the Women’s Team Pursuit.

In 2012 Laura was part of the trio who not only broke the world record twice in the Team Pursuit in one day but retained the rainbow jersey for the second year running. Laura added another gold and world champion title to her growing collection in the Omnium, a few days later.

Twitter: @lauratrott31

2012

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne, Gold, Team Pursuit, Gold, Omnium

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London, Gold, Team Pursuit, Bronze, Omnium

2011

UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali Gold, Team Pursuit, Bronze, Omnium

UEC European Track Championships, Apeldoorn Gold, Team Pursuit, Gold, Omnium

UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn Gold, Team Pursuit

UEC U23 European Track Championships, Portugal Gold, Team Pursuit, Gold, Individual Pursuit, Gold, Scratch

2010

UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Italy Gold, Omnium, Silver, Points Race, Silver, Individual Pursuit

UEC European Track Championships, Poland Gold, Team Pursuit