Lily Matthews

Lily Matthews is a Welsh racing cyclist from Builth Wells, Wales. She was on the Great Britain Olympic Academy Cycling Team from 2008-2011. Matthews began competing in mountain biking aged 17 and went on to represent Great Britain in the under-23 cross-country race at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and Wales in the Women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Matthews was due to begin studying a degree in medicine in 2008 at Cardiff University, but deferred her place to concentrate on her sporting career.

Palmarès

2011 Key Results

15th UCI Mountain bike World Cup Under 23 Dalby Forest

2010 Key Results

1st Overall British Mountain bike Series 3rd GP MTB XC Beringen, Belgium 1st Welsh National Road Race Championships 1st British National Under 23 Mountain bike Championships Pippingford Park 8th European Under 23 Mountain bike Championships Israel 21st World Under 23 Mountain bike Championship, Canada

2009 key Results

25th World Under 23 Mountain Bike Championships Canberra, Australia 6th British Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships Margam Park, Wales 2nd British Under 23 National Mountain Bike Championships, Innerleithen 5th British National Cyclocross Championships, Bradford