Anna Morris
 Morris in 2024 | |
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| Born | 13 June 1995 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Disciplines | Track |
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Anna Morris (born 13 June 1995) is a Welsh track cyclist.
Morris was a latecomer to cycling, only taking up the sport while studying medicine at the University of Southampton.[1] She had a breakout year in 2022, earning three medals at the British National Track Championships before going on to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[2] Morris earned her first global medal when part of the team pursuit squad that took silver at the UCI Track World Championships in October 2022.[3]
She won two golds at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, taking both the individual[4][5] and team pursuit titles.[6][7]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2023
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
Track
[edit]- 2022
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships - National Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 2023
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships - 1st
Team pursuit, UEC European Championships - 2024
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Championships - 3rd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Anna Morris". Team Wales. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Cycling Road - Women's Individual Time Trial" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Women's Team Pursuit - Final Classification". uci.org. Tissot Timing. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "GB's Morris wins world individual pursuit title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Track World Championships 2024: Britain's Anna Morris stuns Chloe Dygert to win individual pursuit gold". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "'We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Anna Morris at British Cycling
- Anna Morris at UCI
- Anna Morris at ProCyclingStats
- Anna Morris at Olympics.com
- Anna Morris at Team GB
- Anna Morris at Team Wales
- Anna Morris at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Anna Morris at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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