Annette Edmondson

Annette Edmondson (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian former cyclist who competed on the track with Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit (HPU). She also competed on the road for the team between 2015 and 2018.

Her greatest successes were the three gold medals she won at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the omnium and team pursuit, a competition in which she also secured further silver medals in the omnium (2012) and team pursuit (2012 and 2013). Edmondson also competed in the London 2012 Olympics, securing a bronze medal for Australia in the women's Omnium

After the Olympics, in 2013, she signed a professional road contract with Orica–AIS, in her first season with the team, she secured a major victory taking 1st overall in the Tour of Chongming Island. Her and teammates took 3rd in the 2013 World Road Race Championships TTT in Florence, Italy.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Edmondson claimed a silver in the Individual Pursuit along with fellow athlete Amy Cure who took a bronze in the event. On the 3rd day of competition (26 July 2014), Edmondson took part in the 10 km Scratch Race, where she raced to victory taking her 1st Commonwealth Games Gold Medal and again fellow athlete Amy Cure also succeeded coming out with a silver medal from the event.

On 22 October 2014, announced that Edmondson had signed with the team for the 2015 season, where she remained until the team disbanded at the end of the 2018 season.

Alongside her road racing, she continued to compete in track cycling. At the 2015 World Championships, she won gold in the omnium and the team pursuit. She also competed in the omnium and the madison events.

Edmondson has two brothers; her younger brother Alex Edmondson is also a professional cyclist.

Major results Track

2007 Oceania Junior Track Championships

2008 National Junior Track Championships

3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships 2009 National Junior Track Championships

2nd Keirin

2010 National Track Championships 2nd Team sprint 2nd Keirin 2nd 500m time trial 3rd Sprint 2011 National Track Championships

3rd Team pursuit 2012 National Track Championships

2nd Scratch UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2013 Oceania Track Championships

National Track Championships

1st 6 Giorni delle Rose Omnium 1st Invercargill Scratch race UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2014 Oceania Track Championships

Commonwealth Games

National Track Championships

2nd Individual pursuit 3rd Team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1st Omnium, South Australian Grand Prix 1st Omnium, Super Drome Cup 1st Madison, Austral (with Julie Leth) National Track Championships

2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 2016 Oceania Track Championships

National Track Championships

7th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 2016 1st Stage 2 Women's Tour Down Under 2017 1st Pajot Hills Classic 3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 1st Prologue 10th Overall Tour of Chongming Island 2018 1st Towards Zero Race Melbourne 1st Stage 1 Women's Tour Down Under 2019 4th Dwars door de Westhoek 2021 National Road Championships