Revised: February 2024
- DOB
- 22/12/2002
- From
- Carmarthen
- Based
- Manchester
Emma's Profile
Emma started cycling at eight years old with her sister, through the Towy Riders in her home country of Wales. Having been spotted by the Great Britain Cycling Team, she joined the academy programme in 2018. 2023 has been a stand-out year for Emma, winning four national titles, a world championship team sprint silver and claiming her first ever world title in the women’s sprint events at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships.
Emma initially rode endurance but her sprint potential was spotted by the Great Britain Cycling Team and since joining the academy programme has risen through academy ranks, winning a number of junior medals in her first couple of years on the programme.
The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games saw a step-change for Emma as she came away with two bronze medals for her home nation, Team Wales and subsequently started working more closely with the Podium squad and coach Kaarle McCulloch.
Emma won her first elite world championships medal, a bronze, as part of the team sprint squad alongside Sophie Capewell and Lauren Bell at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October.
2023 kicked off with a bang when Emma took all four women’s sprint titles at the National Track Championships, followed by her first individual world cup win in the sprint, against her teammate Sophie Capewell. The pinnacle of Emma’s career so far came in the form of her first world title at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. After taking the silver medal in the team sprint and setting a world record in the event, Emma went on to set a British record in the flying 200m as well as a sea-level world record. She then beat German Lea Friedrich in a straight 2-0 final to become the youngest and third ever British female sprint world champion, behind Victoria Pendleton and Becky James.
Finucane had a fantastic start to the Olympic year, taking a hattrick of medals at the UEC Elite Track European Championships, gold in the sprint and silver in the keirin and team sprint events. This was followed up with a gold medal in the team sprint alongside Lauren Bell, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell at the first UCI Tissot Track Nations Cup of the season, the first time for a British team in 11 years.
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Selected Career Highlights to Date
2019
UEC Under-23 / Junior Track European Championships, Ghent, Gold, junior 500m TT
UEC Under-23 / Junior Track European Championships, Ghent, Silver, junior sprint
UEC Under-23 / Junior Track European Championships, Ghent, Silver, junior team sprint
UCI Junior Track World Championships, Frankfurt, sprint
UCI Junior Track World Championships, Frankfurt, 500m TT
2020
National Track Championships, Silver, 500m TT
National Track Championships, Silver, keirin
2021
UEC Under-23 / Junior Track European Championships, Apeldoorn, Silver, team sprint
2022
National Track Championships, Gold, team sprint
National Track Championships, Silver, keirin
National Track Championships, Bronze, 500m TT
Commonwealth Games, Bronze, team sprint (Wales)
Commonwealth Games, Bronze, sprint (Wales)
UCI Track Cycling World Championships, team sprint
2023
National Track Championships, Gold, team sprint
National Track Championships, Gold, sprint
National Track Championships, Gold, keirin
2024
UEC Elite Track European Championships, Silver, team sprint
UEC Elite Track European Championships, Gold, sprint
UEC Elite Track European Championships, Silver, keirin
National Track Championships, Gold, 500m TT
UCI Track Nations Cup Round 1, Jakarta, Bronze, team sprint
UCI Track Nations Cup Round 1, Jakarta, Bronze, sprint
UCI Track Nations Cup Round 2, Cairo, Gold, sprint
UEC Track Cycling European Championships, Silver, team sprint
UEC Track Cycling European Championships, Silver, keirin
2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Silver, team sprint
2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Gold, sprint
