Amy Hill during stage two of the Women's Tour 2014.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Amy Hill |
Born |
Newport, Wales |
4 July 1995
Team information | |
Current team | Team Rytger (UCI Pro Cycling Team) |
Discipline | Track & Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Pursuitist |
Amateur team(s) | |
2006–2011 | Newport Youth Velo Cycling Club |
2012– | Abergavenny RC Women’s Team |
Professional team(s) | |
2015- | Team Rytger |
Amy Hill (born 4 July 1995) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport, Wales, who currently rides for Team Rytger. She previously rode for Abergavenny RC Women’s Team. She was a member of the record breaking, gold medal winning, British team pursuit squad at the Juniors world championships in 2013.
On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Hill competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.
Hill represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014.