ridertype updated proteam birth_place image_size discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name currentteam
sprinter 5 august 2012 science in sport sky + 2008 igs newmarket , united kingdom 200px track 3 january 1983 ? & ndash ; 2008 2008 -- 2012 2013 rider ross edgar.jpg ross edgar
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ross edgar

ross edgar -lrb- born 3 january 1983 -rrb- 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 .
although he represents scotland internationally he was born and lives in newmarket , suffolk .
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 at as member of the great britain olympic podium programme , switching from the sprint to the endurance squad .
