Emma Finucane (born 22 December 2002) is a British and Welsh track cyclist. She is the 2023 UCI world champion in women's individual sprint, the third Briton (after Victoria Pendleton and Becky James) and second Welsh woman (after James) to win the world title.
She is also a notable relative of former second world war RAF pilot Wing Commander Brendan Paddy Finucane.
Cycling career
Having previously won two silver medals at the 2020 British National Track Championships, Finucane became a British champion when winning the team sprint event at the 2022 British National Track Championships. She also won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the same Championships.
Later that year, Finucane went on to win bronze medals in both the sprint and team sprint at the Commonwealth Games.
Finucane was the star of the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, after she won four national titles (taking her total to 5). They were the 500 m Time trial, the Sprint, the Keirin and a second team sprint title.
At the 2023 UCI World track cycling championships in Glasgow, at the Chris Hoy National velodrome, she claimed her first major title as she took gold in the women's track sprint competition, beating Lea Friedrich of Germany in the final. The first British woman to do so since Becky James in 2013.
During the flying 200 sprint qualifying she set a new British record and a new sea level record time of 10.234s.
She was also part of the British Women's Team sprint team who took silver in the same competition.
Major results
2022
National Track Championships
1stTeam sprint (with Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas)
Commonwealth Games
3rdTeam sprint (with Rhian Edmunds and Lowri Thomas)
Capricorn
