Emily Petricola

Cycling

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Personal Details

Nickname:

Pepsi

Home town:

Ivanhoe

Occupation / Area of Study / Work:

Teacher / Athlete

Hero / Most Admired Athlete:

Shane Kelly

Date of birth:

24 April 1980

Sporting Details

Event(s) / Discipline:

Women's Para-cycling C4 Omnium, C4 Time Trial, Track Scratch, C4 Road Race

Home Club:

St Kilda Cycling Club

Coach:

Shane Kelly

Disability:

Multiple Sclerosis

Olympic / Paralympic History:

2024, Paris Paralympic Games, Track C4 3000m Individual Pursuit, Gold and World Record, C4 Road Time Trial, 4th and C4 Road Race

2020, Tokyo Paralympic Games, Track C4 3000m Individual Pursuit, Gold and World Record, Road Time Trial, Silver 

World Championships History:

11 x World Champion across Road (x1) and Track (x10)


2023, UCI Track Cycling World Championships 

World Champion Individual Pursuit 

2022, Track Cycling World Championships

World Champion Individual Pursuit

World Champion Scratch Race

World Champion Omnium

4th 500m Time Trial

2022, Road World Championships

Individual Time Trial - 2nd

2020, Track Cycling World Championships:

World Champion Individual Pursuit

World Champion Scratch Race

World Champion Omnium

4th 500m Time Trial

2019, Track Cycling World Championships

World Champion Individual Pursuit

3rd Scratch Race

4th 500m Time Trial

2019, Road World Championships

World Champion Time Trial

5th Road Race

2018, Track Cycling World Championships

2nd Individual Pursuit

3rd 500m Time Trial


Sporting Highlights:

Winning in Paris 2024 in world record time.

2024, Victorian Institute of Sport Award of Excellence finalist and Para Athlete Award joint-winner

2023, Victorian Institute of Sport Award of Excellence, Para Athlete award winner

Winning Paralympic Gold in the IP

Breaking the World Record Individual Pursuit 

Winning 3 World Championship titles in 1 day (2020 Track World Championships)

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