Emily Petricola

Emily Petricola (born 24 April 1980) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She is a world record holder and gold medallist at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.

In 2007 at the age of 27, Petricola was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis she used to teach English in a private school. She is a qualified English and humanities teacher.

Petricola is classified as a C4cyclist. In her first major international competition at 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won the silver medal in Women's Pursuit C4 and the bronze medal in the Women's 500m Time Trial. In the Women's Pursuit C4 heats she set a world record time of 3:54.501.

In 2019, she relocatedfrom Melbourne to the Australian Cycling Team headquarters in Adelaide. At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she won thegold medal in the Women's Pursuit C4. After breaking the world record in qualifying, in the final she overtook her opponent to win the gold. She also won the bronze medal in the Women's Scratch Race C4.

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in theWomen's Time Trial C4 and finished fifth in theWomen's Road Race C4.

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, she won three gold medals - Women's Individual Pursuit C4, Women's Omnium C4 and Women's Scratch Race C4.