Rhianna Parris-Smith
 Rhianna Parris-Smith (2024) - European champion team sprint (U23) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | c. 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Inspired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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Rhianna Parris-Smith (born c. 2002) is an English international track cyclist.[1]
Education
[edit]Parris-Smith went to the Hertfordshire Sports College before studying Sport Coaching and Development at the University of Derby.[2]
Career
[edit]Parris-Smith was a 100 and 200 metre runner for the Kettering Town Harriers before joining the GB sprint programme in 2023.[3] She then won double gold at the U23 & Junior European Championships (500m time trial & team sprint) in Anadia, Portugal.[4]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first national title, after winning the Individual Time Trial Championships.[5]
Major wins
[edit]- 2023
- U23 & Junior European Championships
- 1st time trial
- 1st team sprint
- 2024
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ "Points Rhianna Parris-Smith". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Sprinting to success, derby student joins GB cycling team". University of Derby. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "'I was expecting to be 7th or 8th' - retired pro takes shock victory at British Track Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Italian Domination". UEC. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "National Track Championships 2024: Jody Cundy wins national title on return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2024.