:Megan Barker
{{Short description|Welsh cyclist (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Megan Barker
| image = 2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 083 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Barker in 2024
| fullname = Megan Elizabeth Barker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| weight =
| currentteam = Team Inspired
| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track|Ice}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 = 2005–2010
| amateurteam1 = Maindy Flyerers CC
| amateuryears2 = 2011–2013
| amateurteam2 = Cardiff Ajax CC
| amateuryears3 = 2014–2015
| amateurteam3 = MnD Fusion RT
| amateuryears4 = 2016–2018
| amateurteam4 = Team Breeze
| proyears1 = 2019
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DRP|2019}}{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/megan-barker-rounds-out-10-rider-squad-for-drops/ |title=Megan Barker rounds out 10-rider squad for Drops |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=12 February 2019}}
| proyears2 = 2020–2022
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CAMS|2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.velouk.net/2020/01/17/news-2020-cams-tifosi-team/ |first=Larry |last=Hickmott |title=News: 2020 CAMS Tifosi Team |work=VeloUK |publisher=LH Publishing |date=17 January 2020 |access-date=20 January 2020}}
| amateuryears5 = 2023–
| amateurteam5 = Team Inspired
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's track cycling}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Glasgow|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Ballerup|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalSilver|{{wrap|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships}}|2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Roubaix|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalComp|European Games}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Minsk|Madison}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2024 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}
}}
Megan Elizabeth Barker (born 15 August 1997) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Inspired. She is the current National Circuit Race Champion.{{cite web |url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2023/06/23/2023-national-circuit-race-championships-report-and-results/ |title=2023 National Circuit Race Championships: report and results |author=British Conti and Joe Hudson |publisher=The British Continental |date=23 June 2023}} She represented Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/42903076 |title=Commonwealth Games 2018: Megan Barker joins sister Elinor in Wales cycling team |work=BBC Sport |access-date=9 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dai-sport.com/barkers-cycling-wales-gb-elinor/ |title=Welsh Sister Act Gearing Up For Britain |work=Dai Sport |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=9 March 2019}} She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c5y8ln00gv0o|title=GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=18 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/we-came-out-swinging-great-britain-make-sensational-catch-to-win-team-pursuit-gold-at-world-championships|title='We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at World Championships|publisher=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=18 October 2024}} Her elder sister, Elinor Barker, is also a professional cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/535729/ride-elinor-barker-in-south-wales.html |title=Ride: Elinor Barker in South Wales |author=Chris Sidwells |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=22 November 2012}}
Major results
;2019
:: 2nd 15 px Team pursuit
;2020
: 3rd 15 px Individual pursuit, National Championships
;2021
: 3rd 15 px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
;2022
: 2nd 15 px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
;2023
: 1st 20 px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
: 1st 20px National Circuit Race Championships
;2024
References
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External links
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- [https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/points?person_id=62847 Megan Barker] at British Cycling
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- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|cycling-road/athlete-profile-n6028326-megan-barker}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60169}}
{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's team pursuit}}
{{CAMS–Tifosi riders}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Megan}}
Category:Welsh female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists
Category:British track cyclists
Category:European Games medalists in cycling
Category:European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Category:European Games silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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