Kirsti Lay

Kirsti Lay
Kirsti Lay in 2015
Personal information
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988[1]
Team information
Current team Rally Cycling
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2016– Rally Cycling
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam pursuit
World Championships
2016 LondonTeam pursuit
2015 YvelinesTeam pursuit
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam pursuit
Pan American Championships
2015 SantiagoTeam pursuit

Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist and former speed skater. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[2] winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit.[3] Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007[4] and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.[5]

In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.

Major results

2015
1st Team Pursuit, Pan American Games (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser)
2nd Team Pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda)
2017
1st Stage 1 Cascade Cycling Classic[7]
2nd National Road Race Championships[8]

References

  1. ↑ Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives
  2. ↑ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Final Results
  4. ↑ "Kirsti Lay". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team". Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cascade Cycling Classic: Lay wins stage 1 McKenzie Pass Road Race". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Beveridge Wins Canadian Road Title". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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