Jenny Holl Explained

Jenny Holl
Birth Date:13 September 1999
Birth Place:Stirling, Scotland[1]
Discipline:Track, road
Role:Rider
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Jenny Holl (born 13 September 1999) is a Scottish professional racing cyclist.[2] [3] Originally from Scotland, Holl moved to Manchester in 2017.[4] [5]

Career

In January 2018, Holl became Scotland's youngest national champion, at the British Track Cycling Championships.[6] In June 2019, at the European Games in Minsk, Holl won a silver medal in the team pursuit event.[7] [8]

Holl became a para-cycling sighted pilot for Sophie Unwin in March 2021 after coming to the end of her time with the Great Britain Senior Academy.[1]

Just four months after first partnering with Unwin, the pair were selected as members of the ParalympicsGB cycling squad for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.[9] Holl won the bronze medal in the individual pursuit on the track at the 2020 Summer Paralympics alongside Unwin, before taking silver in the road race B.[10]

At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won both the Scratch and Points national titles.[11] [12]

On 22 July 2024 it was announced that Holl had been selected for the British team ahead of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, her second Games, as a pilot for Sophie Unwin.[13] Together they competed in both road and track cycling disciplines, and medalled in all four of their events. The first of these medals, a bronze, came on 30 August in the women's 1000 m time trial B. A second medal, the duo's first Paralympic gold, came two days later in the women's 3000 m pursuit B. In the road time trial B on 4 September they claimed silver, beating fellow British pairing Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall, who won bronze. Holl and Unwin won a second gold medal of the Games in the women's road race B on 6 September.[14]

Major results

2018
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit
    2019
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit
    2021
  • Paralympic Games
  • 2nd Road race B
  • 3rd Individual pursuit B
    2023
  • Para-cycling Road World Championships
  • 2nd Time trial B
  • 3rd Road race B
    2024
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Scratch
  • 1st Points
  • Paralympic Games
  • 1st Individual pursuit B
  • 1st Road race B
  • 2nd Road time trial B
  • 3rd Time trial B
  • Para-cycling Track World Championships
  • 2nd Time trial B
  • 2nd Sprint B
  • 2nd Individual pursuit B
  • Para-cycling Road World Championships
  • 2nd Time trial B
  • 2nd Road race B

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Jenny Holl - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile . 2024-09-08 . British Cycling . en.
    2. Web site: Jenny Holl . ProCyclingStats . 1 July 2019.
    3. Web site: Jenny Holl . British Cycling . 1 July 2019.
    4. Web site: Jenny Holl loving life at British Cycling's 'medal factory' . Herald Scotland . 1 July 2019.
    5. Web site: Stirling cycling talents join Manchester 'medal factory' in a bid to make Team GB . Daily Record . 1 July 2019.
    6. Web site: Teenager Jenny Holl become British Champion . The National . 1 July 2019.
    7. Web site: Jack Carlin beats Jason Kenny in men's sprint at European Games . Oxford Mail . 1 July 2019.
    8. Web site: Barker and Robers claim stunning gold . British Cycling . 1 July 2019.
    9. Web site: ParalympicsGB confirms Para-cycling team for Tokyo 2020 . British Cycling . 15 July 2021 . 8 September 2024.
    10. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 28 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828130749/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A2_CTRWPURSUIT-03031-----FNL---------.pdf . dead.
    11. Web site: National Track Championships 2024: Jody Cundy wins national title on return . BBC Sport . 25 February 2024.
    12. Web site: Report: Day 3 British Track Championships . Velo UK . 27 February 2024.
    13. Web site: ParalympicsGB cycling squad announced for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . ParalympicsGB . 22 July 2024 . 8 September 2024.
    14. Web site: Who won ParalympicsGB's 124 medals in Paris? . BBC . 8 September 2024 . 8 September 2024.

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