:Elynor Bäckstedt

{{short description|British cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Elynor Bäckstedt

| image = 2019 UCI Juniors Track World Championships 085.jpg

| caption = Bäckstedt in 2019

| fullname = Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pontypridd, Wales

| height =

| weight =

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|ALE}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2019

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|Storey|2019}}

| proyears1 = 2020–2024

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TFS2|2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-women-add-two-to-2020-roster/ |title=Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=15 January 2020}}

| proyears2 = 2025-

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ALE|2025}}

| majorwins =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's road cycling}}

{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Innsbruck|Junior time trial}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Yorkshire|Junior time trial}}

{{MedalSport|Women's track cycling}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2019 Frankfurt (Oder)|Pursuit}}

{{Medal|Silver|2019 Frankfurt (Oder)|Madison}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Aigle|Team Pursuit}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Frankfurt (Oder)|Team Pursuit}}

}}

Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert {{cite web |url=https://teamwales.cymru/en/athletes/elynor-backstedt-calvert/ |title=Elynor Backstedt-Calvert – Team Wales}}(born 6 December 2001) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS women}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281 |title=Trek - Segafredo |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=15 January 2021 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210115004356/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281 |archivedate=15 January 2021}} At the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial event, repeating her achievement from the previous World Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2019/09/23/elynor-backstedt-overcomes-early-wobble-take-uci-road-world/ |title=Elynor Backstedt overcomes early wobble to take UCI Road World Championships junior bronze |work=The Telegraph |access-date=23 September 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/elynor-backstedt-course-like-never-know-can-happen-almost-didnt-make-round-438355 |title=Elynor Backstedt: 'On a course like this you never know what can happen – I almost didn't make it round' |work=Cycling Weekly |access-date=23 September 2019}}

Biography

Born in Pontypridd, Bäckstedt trains in the Pontyclun and Cardiff area.{{cite web |url=https://www.bespoke-m.com/elynor-backstedt |title=Elynor Backstedt |publisher=bespoke M |access-date=18 October 2019}} Her parents Magnus Bäckstedt{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/family-competed-olympics-commonwealth-tour-13460300 |title=This family have competed in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Tour de France and the youngest is only 12 years old |work=Wales Online |access-date=23 September 2019}} and Megan Hughes were both professional cyclists, and she is the elder sister of Zoë Bäckstedt.{{cite web |url=https://road.cc/content/news/258568-backstedt-sisters-both-win-gent-wevelgem-zoe-wins-under-17-race-and-elynor |title=Backstedt sisters both win at Gent-Wevelgem as Zoe wins under-17 race and Elynor clinches under-19 title |publisher=road.cc |author=Simon MacMichael |date=31 March 2019 |access-date=18 October 2019}}

Major results

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;2018

: 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

: 3rd 15px Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

;2019

: UEC European Junior Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Madison (with Sophie Lewis)

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

: 1st 20px Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2

: 1st Gent–Wevelgem Junioren

: UCI Junior Track World Championships

::2nd 15px Individual pursuit

::2nd 15px Madison (with Sophie Lewis)

::3rd 15px Team pursuit

: 2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour Juniors

: 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

: UCI Junior Road World Championships

::3rd 15px Time trial

::5th Road race

;2022

: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships

;2023

: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

;2024

: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

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Personal life

On 23 July 2021, Bäckstedt announced her engagement to Charley Calvert, a fellow British professional cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRq_uoyMu-d/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/elynor_backstedt/2624190014714736541 |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration |title=Future Mrs. Calvert |publisher=Instagram |access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}

References

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