Emily Rosemond

Emily Rosemond (born 11 March 1986 in Cairns) is an Australian short track speed skater, who represented Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics before changing sports and representing Australia in track cycling. She was given the Keys to the City of Brisbane in 2006 after her Olympic debut at the age of 19 years. She made her Olympic debut as a short track speed skater at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics. She contested the 1000m and 1500m, finishing 12th and 25th respectively. Rosemond's short track career was interrupted by an ACL rupture, six months before her Olympic Games debut. She retired from short track speed skating in 2008 after the World Championships, and took up the sport of track cycling.

Rosemond represented Australia in track cycling from 2008 to 2011. She made her first Australian cycling team in the 2008/09 season, and won a silver medal at the 2008 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia in the team sprint. She also won the Oceanic Games in the sprint, keirin and team sprint events before competing at the World Championships in Copenhagen in 2009. In 2009 at the UCI Melbourne World Cup in track cycling, she continued her progression, winning a silver medal in the women's team sprint with her wife Kerrie Meares. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India she advanced through to the finals of the women's sprint and won a bronze medal. She retired from track cycling in 2011 after suffering a shoulder tear.

In the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland she carried the Queen's Baton in her home town Cairns and rode the derny during the Women's keirin events.

Honors

2006 Awarded Keys to the City of Brisbane, Australia 2010 AIS Honours 2018 Queens Baton Bearer Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Cairns

Career highlights

2005 Australian Short Track National Champion 2006 Australian Short Track National Champion 2006 12th "Den Hague", Netherlands, ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 15th "Bormio, Italy" ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 12th Winter Olympic Games, Torino, Italy (1000 event) 2008 1st Team Sprint Australian Track Championships NSW 2nd Keirin Australian Track Championships NSW 2nd Team Sprint 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS 3rd Sprint Australian Track Championships NSW 3rd Keirin Oceania Track Championships AUS 3rd Team Sprint Oceania Track Championships AUS 4th Sprint Oceania Track Championships AUS 8th Sprint 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS 10th Keirin 2008–09 UCI Track World Cup AUS 2009 1st Team Sprint Australian Track Championships SA 2nd Keirin Australian Track Championships SA 2nd Keirin UCI Track World Cup COL 3rd Time Trial Australian Track Championships SA 3rd Team Sprint 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS 4th Sprint Australian Track Championships SA 8th Keirin 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS 10th Sprint 2009–10 UCI Track World Cup AUS 2010 1st Team Sprint 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA 1st Sprint 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL 1st Team Sprint 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL 1st Keirin 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL 2nd Keirin 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA 2nd Time Trial 2010 Oceania Track Championships NZL 2nd Team Sprint UCI Track World Cup CHN 2nd Flying 200m Sprint Perth Winter Track Grand Prix WA 2nd Final 200m Sprint Perth Winter Track Grand Prix WA 3rd Sprint 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA 3rd Sprint Commonwealth Games IND 4th Keirin 2010/11 UCI Track World Cup – Cali Round COL Commonwealth Games bronze medalist (Delhi, India)