Anna Turvey

Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland. She holds the Irish National records for the 10 miles, 25 miles and 50 miles individual time trials.

Career In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25-mile time trial and top 10 in The British Elite time trial. Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey qualified to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial and 12th in the individual pursuit.

Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016. In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.

Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8th in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursuit

Away from cycling, Turvey works as an Optometrist. She is the cousin of British Professional Racing driver Oliver Turvey.

Major results 2019

12th UEC Road European Championships Elite Women Individual Time Trial 34th UCI Road World Championships Elite Women Individual Time trial 2018

7th Chrono Champenois Trophee Europeen (1.1) (Betheny, France)(

9th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time trial WE (1.1) (Les Herbiers, France) Beryl Burton Trophy (Champions of Champions) 2017 19th European Road cycling Championships individual time trial (Herning, Denmark)

17th Individual Pursuit UCI Track World Championships (Hong Kong) 10th Individual Pursuit UCI Track cycling World Cup IV (Los Angeles) 2016

10th Irish National Road Championships Elite Women Road Race, Irish National Cycling Championships

24th European Elite Road cycling Championships (Plumelec, France) 28th UCI Road World Championships (Doha, Qatar)

8th European Track Championships 2016 Elite Women Team Pursuit with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns

2015

2014 9th Commonwealth Games Individual Time Trial 12th Commonwealth Games 3 km Individual Pursuit 1st Individual Pursuit, Scottish National Championships Scottish National Track Championships 1st Scottish Cycling National 25 Mile Time Trial Championships

2013

8th British Elite Road cycling Time Trial

4th ITU World Triathlon Final (Age Group) (London)

13th Chrono des Nations Elite Women Individual Time trial 2012

2011