Ross Edgar
Track Cycling
Keirin, Sprint
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Date of Birth: |
03/01/1983 |
| Lives: |
Newmarket |
| Born: |
Newmarket |
| Country of Birth: |
Great Britain |
| Height: |
169 |
| Weight: |
70 |
| Club: |
Science in Sport |
| Coach: |
Jan Van Eiden |
| Occupation: |
Professional Athlete |
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At his second Olympics, the Beijing 2008b Olympic Games, Ross Edgar won silver in the Keirin. At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Edgar had finished fifth in the Individual Men’s Pursuit.
He is a former National Junior Sprint and Kilo Champion. Although from Suffolk, his Scottish ancestry means that he represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games where he picked up bronze in the Team Sprint. In 2002 and 2003 he benefitted from a placement with the World Cycling Centre's sprint school in Lausanne, under the watchful eye of former champion Fred Magne.
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2008
World Track Championships, Manchester
Silver, Team Sprint
2007
World Track Championships, Majorca
Silver, Team Sprint
Bronze, Men's Keirin
2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)
Silver, Mens Sprint
Bronze, Mens Keirin
2005
European Track Championships (under-23)
Silver, Sprint
2004
European Track Championships (under-23)
Gold, Sprint
2002
Commonwealth Games, Manchester
Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)