Lydia Boylan

Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish professional racing cyclist. She is originally from Dublin. She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race. She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015 and 2016. Outside of cycling she is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University College Dublin in 2008 and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Since November 2013 she has combined her cycling career with teaching at the University of Nottingham's School of Architecture.