Georgia Williams

Georgia Williams
Williams at the 2017 La Flèche Wallonne
Personal information
Born (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993
Takapuna, North Island, New Zealand[1]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Team information
Current team Mitchelton–Scott
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2013–2016 Be Pink[2][3]
2017–present Orica–Scott

Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist.[4] She took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports academy suggested that she was suited to the sport, having previously competed in netball and water polo.[5]

She took two silver medals at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships: one in the team pursuit in 2010 and another in the individual pursuit in 2011.[1] Williams joined the Be Pink team in 2013.[2] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, she was part of the New Zealand team pursuit squads that finished fourth at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] In February 2017 it was announced that Williams would join Orica–Scott for the 2017 season.[6] She won New Zealand's second ever medal in the women's road race at a Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in 2018, since Susy Pryde at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[7]

Major results

2009
1st Oceania Road Championships, Junior Time Trial
2010
2nd Junior Track World Championships, Team Pursuit (with Alexandra Neems, and Elizabeth Steel)[8]
2011
2nd Junior Track World Championships, Individual Pursuit[9]
3rd Oceania Road Championships, Junior Time Trial
2012
1st National Criterium Championship
2013
1st Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs Youth Classification
1st Tour Languedoc Roussillon Youth Classification
National Road Championships
2nd Road Race
3rd Time Trial
2nd La Route de France Youth Classification
2014
Oceania Track Championships
1st Team Pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Racquel Sheath)
3rd Points Race
2nd Points Race, BikeNZ Classic
2016
2nd National Road Championships, Road Race
2017
National Road Championships
2nd Time Trial
2nd Road Race
2018
National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
1st Road Race
2nd Commonwealth Games
4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Georgia Williams". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Cycling: Williams signs with Italian BePink team". nzherald.co.nz. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Georgia Williams at Cycling Archives
  4. ↑ "Georgia Williams". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Reid, Felicity (24 June 2016). "From terrible to trophies". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Orica-Scott add Georgia Williams to women's 2017 roster". cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Wright, Marion (19 April 2018). "Georgia Williams – biggest result of my career so far". Road Cycling. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Aussies add three more golds on night 3". Cycling News. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Voynova sets new world record in time trial". Cycling News. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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