Lusia Steele
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| Born | 21 June 2000 Paisley, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Track sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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Lusia Steele (born 21 June 2000) is a Scottish racing cyclist.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Steele starting riding for her local club, the Johnstone Jets in 2008.[3] In 2016, Steele won seven Scottish titles during the year.[3] In late November of that year, Steele took part in the Scottish Cycling Performance Programme, as part of her preparation to move up to the junior level.[3]
In August 2018, Steele made her debut for the British team at the 2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland.[4] Out of the fourteen riders, she was the only Scottish cyclist on the team for the Championships.[4] A month prior to the Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Steele had won two British Junior titles.[4]
In November 2020, she competed in the women's team sprint event at the 2020 UEC European Track Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria,[5] winning the silver medal.[6] On her return to Scotland following the Championships in Bulgaria, Steele was praised by local councilors from Renfrewshire, saying that she had "put Renfrewshire on the map".[7] Following her success in Bulgaria, Steele said her next targets are the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8] Steele was also named as one of the five finalists for the Glasgow Times Young Scotswoman of the Year award.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lusia Steele". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Cycling: Lusia Steele has Olympic Games path in mind". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Erskine cyclist Lusia Steele wins in her last race for Johnstone Jets". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Lusia Steele ready to test her mettle on GB debut". The Argus. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Qualifying results
- ^ Finals results
- ^ "Cyclist Luisa "has put Renfrewshire on the map"". Press Reader. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Cycling: Lusia Steele has Olympic Games path in mind". The National. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Erskine cyclist and Young Scotswoman of the Year finalist Lusia Steele has Olympic glory in her sights". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Lusia Steele at UCI
- Lusia Steele at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Lusia Steele at CycleBase
- Lusia Steele at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Lusia Steele at Team Scotland
