Emma White

Emma White (born August 23, 1997) is an American former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021, entirely for UCI Women's Continental Team .

Competing in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, White was a member of the American squad that won the team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and also won medals in the same event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships. She also won two silver medals at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, finishing behind teammate Chloé Dygert in both the time trial and road race.

Biography The sister of fellow racing cyclist Curtis White, She had already taken up horse riding early in her childhood, and continued to pursue this alongside cycling until the age of 16. before winning the 17–18 junior title in 2015. She also enjoyed a successful junior career on the road, winning consecutive national junior time trial championships in different age groups in 2013 and 2014 and the national junior criterium championship in 2015,

White also won a bronze medal in the 2015 U23 national cyclo-cross championships. She was subsequently crowned national U23 cyclo-cross champion in 2018, also placing seventh in the U23 race at the 2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

The following year White became national senior criterium champion in Knoxville: at the age of 21 she became the youngest rider to win that title, additionally securing the U23 championship. She dedicated her victory to her former team-mate Kelly Catlin, who had committed suicide earlier in 2019. A couple of days later, she went on to finish third in the senior United States National Road Race Championships and win the U23 road title.

White was selected to compete in the team pursuit at the 2020 Track Cycling World Championships alongside Lily Williams, Chloé Dygert and Jennifer Valente: the quartet set the fastest time in qualifying and beat Great Britain in the final to win the rainbow jersey.

2014 National Junior Road Championships

2nd Road race 5th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2015 National Junior Road Championships

2nd Time trial UCI Junior Road World Championships

3rd Under-23 race, National Cyclo-cross Championships 2017 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Gila 2018 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 3rd Time trial

7th Under-23 race, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 8th Overall Tour of the Gila

1st Stage 4 2019 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 10th Overall Women's Tour of Scotland 2020

2021 1st Criterium, Sea Otter Classic