New Zealand cyclist and rower
Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist , and a former representative rower .
Career
From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Poznań , Poland, in 2004 with the U23 women's quadruple sculls with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs and Fiona Paterson .[2]
Despite only taking up cycling in 2007, at the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won silver in 2009 and bronze in 2011 .[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics , she competed in the Women's team pursuit for the New Zealand team which placed 5th and set a national record of 3:18.514. At the 2016 Summer Olympics , she finished 4th in the Women's team pursuit . At the 2020 Summer Olympics , she finished eighth, in Women's team pursuit .[4]
Nielsen won the New Zealand National Time Trial Championships in 2014 and was second from 2011 to 2013.[5] [6]
Major results
Track
2009
2nd Team pursuit , UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2010
3rd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
2011
2nd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Team pursuit
4th Individual pursuit
2013
1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Omnium, Invercargill
2014
Oceania Track Championships
1st Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis , Racquel Sheath and Georgia Williams )
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Points race, BikeNZ Cup
2015
1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2016
1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Individual pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
Road
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