Jaime Nielsen

Jaime Nielsen
Nielsen in 2011
Personal information
Born (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985[1]
Hamilton, New Zealand[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2015–2016 BePink–La Classica
Major wins

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2017)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's track cycling
World Championships
2009 PruszkówTeam pursuit
2011 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Jaime Nielsen
Sport
Club Waikato Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World U23 Regatta
2004 PoznańBW4x

Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.

From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the U23 World Rowing Championship in Poznań, Poland, in 2004 with the U23 women's quadruple sculls with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs and Fiona Paterson.[2]

Despite only taking up cycling in 2007, at the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won silver in 2009 and bronze in 2011.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's team pursuit for the New Zealand team which placed 5th and set a national record of 3:18.514. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 4th in the Women's team pursuit.

Nielsen won the New Zealand time trial championships in 2014 and was second from 2011 to 2013.[4] More of her road race results are available on the Pro Cycling Stats website.[5]

Major results

2009
2nd Team Pursuit World Championships
2010
3rd World Cup Team pursuit, Melbourne
2011
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2nd World Cup Team pursuit, Manchester
3rd Team Pursuit World Championships
4th Pursuit World Championships
2012
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2013
2nd National Time Trial Championships
1st National Track Championships (Individual pursuit)
2nd Omnium, Invercargill
2014
Oceania Track Championships
1st Team Pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams)
3rd Individual Pursuit
1st National Time Trial Championships
3rd Points Race, BikeNZ Cup


2015
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st National Track Championships (Individual pursuit)
2016
1st National Track Championships (Individual pursuit)
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2nd Individual Pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
2017
1st National Time Trial Championships

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jaime Nielsen". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Jaime Nielsen Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  4. ↑ Jaime Nielsen cyclingarchives.com
  5. ↑ Jaime Nielsen procyclingstats.com


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