Yvonne McGregor Palmarès References Navigation menu"Yvonne McGregor MBE""Yvonne McGregor""Cyclist McGregor honoured""Yvonne McGregor MBE""Iron-hard world champion retires from cycling with a well-earned royal accolade""Cyclist McGregor honoured""Why Jens Voigt and a new group of cyclists want to break the Hour record""A glorious swansong""British National Track Championships: The winners since 1995"eexpanding ite
Pat AdamsCaroline AlexanderBrian AnnableDavid BakerSid BarrasStuart BensteadChris BoardmanBill BradleyBeryl BurtonKeith ButlerArthur CampbellBrian CossavellaDoug DaileyTony DoyleIan EmmersonMalcolm ElliottBenny FosterTim GouldEileen GrayDave HemsleyBarry HobanDale HolmesMandy JonesPeter KeenPeter KingStan KitePhil LiggettCraig MacLeanPaul ManningJohn MallinsonDoreen MallinsonYvonne McGregorGerry McDaidJason McRoyChas MessengerGeorge MillerRobert MillarGraeme ObreeHugh PorterJason QueallyJohn RawnsleyBrian RobinsonAlan RushtonTom SimpsonEddie SoensColin SturgessDot TilburyGraham WebbLes WestSean YatesTony YorkeJohn BarclayMichael BennettDave BrailsfordReg HarrisKeith LambertChas MessengerHarold NelsonBill OwenNorman SheilEileen Sheridan
1961 birthsLiving peopleOlympic cyclists of Great BritainCyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth GamesCyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth GamesCyclists at the 2000 Summer OlympicsMembers of the Order of the British EmpireOlympic medalists in cyclingCommonwealth Games gold medallists for EnglandCommonwealth Games bronze medallists for EnglandEnglish female cyclistsPeople from WibseyUCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)Commonwealth Games medallists in cyclingBritish Cycling Hall of Fame inducteesEnglish track cyclistsEnglish cycling biography stubs
MBEWibseyMBE2002 New Year Honoursfell runningtriathlonAchilles tendonBeryl Burton1994 Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canadahour record1996 Summer OlympicsAtlantapursuitsame event2000 Summer OlympicsSydney2000 UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsManchesterSarah Storey
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yvonne McGregor |
| Born | (1961-04-09)9 April 1961  England United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time triallist |
| Major wins | |
| World Champion, pursuit (2000) | |
Yvonne McGregor MBE (born 9 April 1961)[1][2] is an English former professional cyclist from Wibsey. She was made an MBE, for services to cycling, in the 2002 New Year Honours.[3]
McGregor competed in running until the age of 28, coming eighth at the 1988 world fell running championship, and did not ride a bicycle until she was 17. She started cycling competitively in triathlon,[4] finishing third in the British championship in 1990,[5] and focused on it when she injured her Achilles tendon.[4] In 1993 she broke Beryl Burton's 20-year-old British 1- mile time-trial record with 21 minutes 15 seconds.[6] She scored her first major success when she won the points race at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[6]
On 17 June 1995 in Manchester she set an hour record for women at 47.411 km.[7] McGregor broke Burton's 25-mile time-trial record in 1996, setting 51 minutes 30 seconds.[6] She missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing fourth in the pursuit. However she took the bronze in the same event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and won the pursuit at the 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester less than two months later.[6]
Following changes to the hour record which disallowed the bike and position she used to set the record in 1995, McGregor set a European and sea-level hour record of 43.689 km on 13 April 2002.[8] This remained the British record until Sarah Storey surpassed it in 2015. This ended McGregor's competitive cycling career. Since retiring she has worked as a sports massage therapist.[4]
Palmarès
- 1994
- 1st Points race, 1994 Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Pursuit, British National Track Championships - 1st British Best All-Rounder
- 1995
- World Hour record: 47.411 km
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships[9]
- 1996
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships[9]
- 1997
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships[9]
- 3rd Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Women
- 3rd Round 4, 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1998
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Pursuit, 1998 Commonwealth Games
- 1999
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2000
- 1st Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Women
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Pursuit, Summer Olympics
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships
- 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Mexico Round, 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2001
- 1st British National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships
References
^ "Yvonne McGregor MBE". British Olympic Association..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Yvonne McGregor". Cycling Website.
^ "Cyclist McGregor honoured". BBC. 31 December 2001.
^ abc "Yvonne McGregor MBE". Bradford College. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ Mott, Sue (4 January 2002). "Iron-hard world champion retires from cycling with a well-earned royal accolade". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
^ abcd "Cyclist McGregor honoured". bbc.co.uk. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ Clemitson, Suze (19 September 2014). "Why Jens Voigt and a new group of cyclists want to break the Hour record". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
^ "A glorious swansong". Cycling News. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
^ abc "British National Track Championships: The winners since 1995". Cycling Weekly. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
 | This biographical article related to English cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
