Lauren Ellis

Lauren Ellis (born 19 April 1989) is a New Zealand former road and track cyclist.

Career Ellis rode the team pursuit at the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing with Kaytee Boyd and Alison Shanks, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers. They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.

In 2009, she won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit World Championships with Jaime Nielsen and Alison Shanks.

Ellis won a silver medal in the women's points race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 World Championships.

She won bronze at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Team Pursuit, setting a world record.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit. The New Zealand team placed 5th and set the current national record of 3:18.514.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she rode the Women's team pursuit and Omnium. The New Zealand team placed 4th and set a national record of 4:17.592 during the first round. Ellis also placed 4th in the Omnium.

Major results

2006

2007

2008

2009 Oceania Track Championships

2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2011 Oceania Track Championships

8th Individual pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2012

2013 Oceania Track Championships

1st Omnium, Invercargill 2014 Oceania Track Championships

BikeNZ Classic 2nd Scratch 3rd Omnium 2nd Points race, BikeNZ Cup 2015

1st Stage 2 Tour of America's Dairyland 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Omnium, Super Drome Cup 2016 Festival of Speed 1st Points race 1st Scratch 2019