Becky James
James in 2012
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| Full name | Rebecca Angharad James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 November 1991 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Velosure–Giordana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter / All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Abergavenny Road Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010– | Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Angharad "Becky" James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist.
James rides for Wales and the Great Britain Cycling Team, and currently rides for the Velosure–Giordana. First spotted by the Welsh Talent Team, she is now a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme.
James attended King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny.
She is the daughter of David James and Christine Harris, and has an older sister, Rachel, who is a racing cyclist, and also has two younger sisters; Ffion and Megan, and a brother, Gareth, who are all keen cyclists. Ffion is a member of the British national mountain bike squad.
James started her cycling career at the Abergavenny Road Club.
In 2011, she stated that the toughest point in her career to date was just before the 2008 European Junior Championships, when she contracted glandular fever and was unable to compete.
In July 2009, James won the gold medal in both the sprint and 500-metre time trial events and the silver in the keirin at the European Track Championships. She followed this up in August by winning the keirin and sprint at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, and a silver in the 500-metre time trial, as well as setting a new world record for the flying 200 metres. The framed Rainbow Jersey is kept at her home.
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