# Ross Edgar

Ross Edgar (born 3 January 1983) is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games
He won a silver medal at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the Keirin.
He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In London 2012 Olympics, Edgar who was to represent Great Britain in the Team Sprint final was replaced & missed out on a Gold Medal which the team won.
Representing Scotland internationally he was Born in Newmarket, Suffolk. Having qualified to represent Scotland through his father David.
Ross Edgar as an amateur youth rider started with West Suffolk Wheelers based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk alongside younger brother Bruce.
In December 2012 it was announced that Edgar had signed for the IG-Sigma Sport cycling team for the 2013 season, adding road racing commitments to his existing membership of the Great Britain track cycling programme. After the team withdrew from racing at the end of the season Edgar was confirmed as s member of the Great Britain Olympic Podium Programme, switching from the sprint to the endurance squad.
Pre 2018, Edgar was a UCI coach based in Aigle, Switzerland, where he also coached Korean cyclist Lee Hye-Jin, who finished 8th in the keirin at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Currently he is a track sprint coach for Cycling Australia, based in Adelaide.

## Results
### 2012

    Track Cycling World Cup
       3rd Team sprint, Round 4, London (with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny)

### 2010

    British National Team Sprint Championships
       Gold
    World Track Championships, Copenhagen
       Bronze, Team Sprint

### 2009

    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       1st Team sprint, Round 1, Manchester

### 2008

    Olympics
       Silver, Men's Keirin
    World Track Championships, Manchester
       Silver, Team Sprint
    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       1st Team sprint (with Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff), Round 1, Manchester
    2nd Manchester International Keirin

### 2007

    World Track Championships, Majorca
       Silver, Team Sprint
       Bronze, Men's Keirin
    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       2nd Keirin, Round 3, Los Angeles
       3rd Sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles
       3rd Team sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles (with Jason Kenny and Jason Queally)
       1st Team sprint, Round 4, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)
       2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney
    3rd Manchester International Keirin
    British National Track Championships
       1st Sprint

### 2006

    Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
       Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)
       Silver, Men's Sprint
       Bronze, Men's Keirin
    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       1st Team sprint, Round 1, Sydney (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)
       2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney
    British National Track Championships
       1st Keirin
       2nd Sprint
       2nd Team sprint (with Matt Crampton and Jamie Staff)

### 2005

    European Track Championships (under-23)
       Silver, Sprint
    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       1st Team sprint, Round 2, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean)

### 2004

    European Track Championships (under-23)
       Gold, Sprint
    British National Track Championships
       1st Sprint
       1st Team sprint (with David Heald and Barney Storey)

### 2003

    Track Cycling World Cup Classics
       3rd Sprint, Round 4, Sydney
    British National Track Championships
       1st Sprint

### 2002

    Commonwealth Games, Manchester
       Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)