1. Elinor Jane Barker was born on 7 September 1994 and is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility.
26 Facts About Elinor Barker
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Elinor Barker has two older siblings, Joe and Harri and a sister, Megan, three years her junior and a successful racing cyclist.
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Elinor Barker took up cycling with the Maindy Flyers at the age of 10, as a way of getting out of swimming classes.
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Elinor Barker was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy, but remained based in Wales until she completed her A-levels in 2013, after which she moved to Manchester to train full-time at Manchester Velodrome.
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Subsequently, Elinor Barker was named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2012.
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At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Elinor Barker represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning silver and bronze medals.
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In September 2014, it was announced that Elinor Barker would follow in the footsteps of teammate Laura Trott and join the Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling team for 2015.
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At her home world championships in London, Elinor Barker was part of the pursuit team along with Ciara Horne, Joanna Rowsell Shand and Trott to claim the bronze medal; after a disappointing qualifying ride.
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Elinor Barker followed this by winning the points race at the world cup in Apeldoorn.
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Elinor Barker then claimed the title at the Six Days of Amsterdam.
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Elinor Barker closed 2016 with success in the national Madison championships alongside Laura Kenny.
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Elinor Barker finished an impressive third in the points race at the world cup event in Los Angeles, despite having just 15 minutes rest after the Madison event.
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At the Six days series final, despite not winning a race in Mallorca, Elinor Barker won the title.
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At the World Championships, Elinor Barker claimed two silver medals, one in the scratch race and the other in the Madison alongside Emily Nelson.
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Elinor Barker went on to win her first individual world title in the points race.
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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, Elinor Barker took the gold in the points race for Wales, ahead of Scots Katie Archibald and Neah Evans.
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Elinor Barker's win was the first Commonwealth Games title for a Welsh track cyclist since 1990.
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At the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Elinor Barker won the rainbow jersey in the scratch race, her first world title in that discipline.
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At the 2020 Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Elinor Barker won the gold in the points race on the final day of the championships, taking Team GB's only title of the meeting.
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Elinor Barker was part of the team that took silver in the team pursuit.
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Later that year Elinor Barker took two titles at the European Track Championships, one as part of the team pursuit squad alongside Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight, and an individual gold in the elimination race.
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In 2021, Elinor Barker was part of the British team that won silver in the women's team pursuit at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Elinor Barker revealed in 2019 that she was suffering from endometriosis, which nearly caused her to retire, as well as potentially affecting her chances of having a child.
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In October 2021, Elinor Barker announced that she was pregnant, and had been so when she competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Elinor Barker is married to Danish cyclist Casper von Folsach.
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Elinor Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.