# Emily Kay

Emily Kay (born 7 September 1995) is a track and former road cyclist. After several years representing Great Britain and England at international competitions, Kay transferred allegiance in late 2019, and began representing Ireland on the UCI World Cup Track cycling circuit. She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Torelli.

## Junior career

Kay partook in the 2009 School games and won the individual pursuit and finished second in the Keirin. At the 2010 national youth and junior track championships, Kay placed second in the junior points race, just three points behind Laura Trott. In addition, Kay placed second in the under 16's points race and won the under 16's individual pursuit and scratch race titles. Kay won three consecutive future stars series titles at revolution cycling series.
On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Kay competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Amy Hill and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.

## Senior

At the 2009 Dudley Track Open Grand Prix Kay was the winner of the omnium event. Kay won the final stage at the 2012 Surf & Turf weekend to triumph overall. During the 2013 season Kay won the 2013 Hillingdon Grand Prix. At the Coupe de France Fenioux Piste which occurred just before the 2016 Olympic Games, Kay finished fourth in the Omnium. Kay then won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit. In November 2016 Kay joined Team WNT ahead of the 2017 season.

## Major results
### 2010

    British National Youth Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Scratch
       2nd Points race
    2nd Points race, British National Junior Track Championships

### 2011

    British National Youth Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch
       3rd Sprint
    3rd Madison, British National Youth Track Championships (with Rebecca Hunt)

### 2012

    British National Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Amy Roberts)
    British National Junior Track Championships
       1st Scratch
       3rd Individual pursuit

### 2013

    UCI Juniors Track World Championships
       1st Team pursuit (with Amy Hill, Hayley Jones and Emily Nelson)
       3rd Omnium
    British National Junior Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Points race
    Revolution
       1st Scratch – Round 1, Manchester
       2nd Scratch – Round 2, Glasgow
    3rd Madison, British National Track Championships (with Hayley Jones)

### 2014

    1st Scratch, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
    2nd Scratch, British National Track Championships

### 2015

    Revolution
       1st Points race – Round 3, London
       1st Scratch – Round 3, London
       2nd Points race – Round 4, Glasgow
       2nd Scratch – Round 5, London
       2nd Scratch – Round 2, Manchester
       3rd Points race – Round 2, Manchester
       3rd Scratch – Round 3, Manchester
    3rd Points race, British National Track Championships
    6th London Nocturne
    7th Women's Tour de Yorkshire

### 2016

    2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Glasgow (with Ellie Dickinson, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
       1st Omnium, Glasgow
       2nd Omnium, Apeldoorn
    UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
       3rd Omnium
    Grand Prix of Poland
       1st Scratch
       2nd Points race
    UEC European Track Championships
       2nd Madison (with Emily Nelson)
       3rd Team pursuit (with Dannielle Khan, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson)
    2nd Points race, Revolution Champions League, Round 1 – Manchester
    Revolution
       3rd Points race, Round 1 – Manchester
       3rd Points race, Round 5 – Manchester
       3rd Scratch, Round 5 – Manchester

### 2017

    Track Cycling Challenge
       1st Madison (with Manon Lloyd)
       1st Points race
       3rd Omnium
       3rd Scratch
    2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Pruszków (with Neah Evans, Emily Nelson and Manon Lloyd)
    3rd Individual pursuit, Dublin International

### 2018

    2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Berlin
       2nd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Neah Evans)
    2nd Scratch, UEC European Track Championships
    British National Track Championships
       2nd Points race
       3rd Individual pursuit
       3rd Madison (with Neah Evans)
    3rd Scratch, Commonwealth Games

### 2020

    3rd Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Milton

### 2021

    3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships