Kirsti Lay

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Kirsti Lay
Lay in 2015
Personal information
Full nameKirsti Lay
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36)
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2015SAS–Mazda–Macogep
Professional team
2016–2019Rally Cycling
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Team pursuit

Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Rally UHC Cycling between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit. In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.

Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.

Personal life

Lay is married to Canadian former speed skater Mathieu Giroux.

Major results

Track

2014
Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2nd Guadalajara
3rd London
2015
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser)
Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Cali
2nd Cambridge
2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda)
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2016
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2017
3rd Team pursuit, 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Los Angeles

Road

2014
5th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
2015
1st Mountains classification Tour of California
10th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
2017
1st Stage 1 Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
8th Chrono Gatineau
9th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
2018
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd White Spot / Delta Road Race
4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
10th Overall Tour of the Gila

References

  1. ^ Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives
  2. ^ Soladay, Tom. "2019 men's and women's rosters". Rally UHC Cycling. Circuit Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling". Airdrie City View. Great West Newspapers. The Canadian Press. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ Final Results
  6. ^ Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Kirsti Lay". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ^ "CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team". Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Cascade Cycling Classic: Lay wins stage 1 McKenzie Pass Road Race". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Beveridge Wins Canadian Road Title". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

External links

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