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Born | 9 May 1989 |
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Discipline | Track cycling |
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2015 - | Orwell Wheelers |
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Orla Walsh is an Irish track cyclist. [1] [2] [3] She competed individually in the women's scratch, [4] as well as part of the Irish team, at the 2019 European Games in the team pursuit. [5] As of August 2020 [update], she holds the Irish record for the 500m time trial at 36.220. [6] She started cycling in her twenties, her transition into elite sportswoman was the subject of a 2021 Global Cycling Network documentary Cycling Changed My Life: Orla Walsh. [7]
Personal information | |
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Born | 9 May 1989 |
Team information | |
Discipline | Track cycling |
Amateur team | |
2015 - | Orwell Wheelers |
Professional team | |
Nopinz Symec |
Orla Walsh is an Irish track cyclist. [1] [2] [3] She competed individually in the women's scratch, [4] as well as part of the Irish team, at the 2019 European Games in the team pursuit. [5] As of August 2020 [update], she holds the Irish record for the 500m time trial at 36.220. [6] She started cycling in her twenties, her transition into elite sportswoman was the subject of a 2021 Global Cycling Network documentary Cycling Changed My Life: Orla Walsh. [7]