Full name Wendy Everson Discipline Track | Role Rider Name Wendy Everson | |
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Born 7 April 1965 (age 58)
England
United Kingdom ( 1965-04-07 ) Rider type Sprinter (short distance specialist) | ||
Wendy Everson (born 1965), is an English track racing cyclist who specializes in sprinting.
Biography
Representing England, Everson finished fourth in the sprint at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Everson was the 500 m national champion for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996, at the British National Track Championships. She competed in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bogota, Colombia in 1995, achieving 9th place in the 500m time trial with a National record of 36.2secs, 1996 Manchester England, and in 1997 Perth, finishing 14th in the 500 metre time trial event. She was beaten by Félicia Ballanger in the first round of the sprint event before being beaten by Rita Razmaite in the repechage. At the national championships in 1997, Everson won the scratch race and sprint events. She successfully defended her sprint title in 1998. Everson finished third in the national Keirin championships the first time it was held for women in 2003.
Everson held the British women's flying start 500 metre record in a time of 31.116 seconds until it was broken by Victoria Pendleton in 2002. She also held the 200m flying start record with a time of 11.651 seconds, which she set in Bogota in 1995. This was broken by Denise Hampson in Moscow at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, when she recorded a time of 11.508 seconds in the qualifying time trials. She also holds the 200 metre flying start world Masters record for the women's 30-39 age category, which she set in 2000, with a time of 12.415 seconds, and the 750 metre team sprint world Masters record of 54.031 seconds along with Suzie Tignor & Annette Hanson of the United States.
Everson, who believed she was being discriminated against, brought an employment tribunal against British Cycling in 2001, disputing their decision not to support her financially. She lost the case on the basis that as a competitor, setting a precedent for future cases as she was not a member of British Cyclings staff. The conclusion of the tribunal is now included in UK Sports "World Class Programme" guidelines under the heading "Employment Status of Athletes".
Everson previously lived in Bridgend in the Vale of Glamorgan