Elinor Barker

Elinor Jane Barker from Heath, Cardiff, is the daughter of Graham Barker, deputy headteacher at St Julian's Comprehensive School in Newport.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2012/09/18/cycling-gold-for-elinor-barker-at-world-road-championships-in-holland-91466-31862577/ |title=Cycling gold for Elinor Barker at World Road Championships in Holland |first=Simon |last=Gaskell |publisher=Wales Online |date=18 September 2012}} She has two older siblings, Joe and Harri and a sister, Megan, three years her junior and also a successful racing 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 |first=Chris |last=Sidwells |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=22 November 2012}} She attended Llanishen High School.

Barker took up cycling with the Maindy Flyers at the age of 10, as a way of getting out of swimming classes.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/cycling-elinor-barker-shows-next-generation-is-in-very-safe-hands-8153400.html |title=Cycling: Elinor Barker shows next generation is in very safe hands |first=Alasdair |last=Fotheringham |author-link=Alasdair Fotheringham |work=The Independent |date=19 September 2012}}

Taking the title at the British National Track Championships, Barker broke the under-16 British record in the pursuit, previously held by Nicole Cooke. She was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy, but remained based in Wales until she completed her A-levels in 2013, after which she moved to Manchester to train full-time at Manchester Velodrome.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/elinor-barker-prepares-to-complete-her-education-on-the-track-8916642.html |title=Elinor Barker prepares to complete her education on the track |newspaper=The Independent |date=31 October 2013 |first=Robin |last=Scott-Elliot}}

In 2011, Barker claimed silver in the time-trial at the UCI Junior Road World Championships in Copenhagen.{{cite web |title=Barker's unexpected silver medal Worlds ride |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/barkers-unexpected-silver-medal-worlds-ride-48508 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=13 June 2025}}

In 2012, Barker competed at the UEC U23/Junior European Track Championship in Portugal where she won gold medals in both the individual pursuit, and the team pursuit in the junior category.{{cite web |title=European junior gold for Rotherham and GB women's pursuit team |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/european-junior-gold-for-rotherham-and-gb-womens-pursuit-team-41477 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=13 June 2025}} In August, Barker won silver medals in both the individual pursuit, and the omnium, a well as a bronze in the team pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships.{{cite web |title=Silver for Barker as UCI Juniors Track World Championships conclude |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/gbr20120826-gb-cyclingteam-reports-Silver-for-Barker-as-UCI-Juniors-Track-World-Championships-concludes-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=13 June 2025}}

She became the Junior Time Trial world champion in 2012, completing the {{convert|15.6|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} course in Valkenburg, Netherlands in 22 minutes and 26.29 seconds, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of Denmark by 35.87 seconds. Subsequently, Barker was named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/wales/article/20121211-welsh-cycling-news-Elinor-Barker-named-Carwyn-James-Junior-Sportswoman-of-the-Year-0 |title=Elinor Barker named Carwyn James Junior Sportswoman of the Year |first=Rebecca |last=Ransom |publisher=British Cycling |date=11 December 2012}}

Barker made her senior level UCI Track Cycling World Cup debut in October 2012, in Cali, Colombia. Competing for Team SWI, a Welsh cycling developmental team, she won a silver medal in the team pursuit and finished eighth in the omnium.{{cite web |title=UCI Track World Cup Cali - Day 2 |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/search/article/20121011-welsh-cycling-news-UCI-Track-World-Cup-Cali---Day-1-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=14 June 2025}}{{cite web |title=UCI Track World Cup Cali - Day 3 |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/article/20121014-welsh-cycling-news-UCI-Track-World-Cup-Cali---Day-3-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=14 June 2025}} The following month, Barker made her debut for Great Britain at the Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, as a replacement after Joanna Rowsell was taken ill. Competing alongside Laura Trott and Dani King in the team pursuit, the trio triumphed over Australia in the final.{{cite web |title=Track World Cup: Two golds & silver for GB on opening night |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/20362405 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=20 May 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Scott-Elliot |first1=Robin |title=Elinor Barker prepares to complete her education on the track |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/elinor-barker-prepares-to-complete-her-education-on-the-track-8916642.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 May 2025 |date=1 November 2013}}

In February 2013, Barker became a senior world champion for the first time, as a member of Great Britain's team pursuit squad at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Barker, Trott and King rode to victory against Australia in the final, with Barker saying "It's a big shock. It hasn't really sunk in yet."{{cite web |title=World Track Cycling 2013: Barker stunned by World track gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/21538884 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=17 May 2025}} Barker had been studying for her A-levels during the competition. The women's team pursuit was then increased to four riders cycling a total of 4km, the same as the men.

Barker finished with two silver medals in the under-23 category in both the individual pursuit and the points race at the 2013 Junior/U23 European Track Championships in Portugal. Her international teammate Trott beat her to gold in both disciplines.{{cite web |last1=Griffiths |first1=Gareth |title=Elinor Barker claims second successive silver in Portugal |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/elinor-barker-claims-second-successive-5070756 |website=Wales Online |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=11 July 2013}} Barker then moved to Manchester in September to enable her to train full-time with the British squad. She was part of the British team that won team pursuit gold in the 2013 UEC European Track Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Britain also set a new world record time of 4:26.556.{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Gareth |title=Elinor Barker and Owain Doull strike gold while Becky James wins bronze at European Track Championships |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/cycling-elinor-barker-owain-doull-6217647 |website=Wales Online |access-date=20 May 2025 |date=21 October 2013}}

In November, Great Britain twice broke the world record for the team pursuit in the Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester. Barker, Trott, King and Rowsell won the event by beating Canada in the final with a time of 4:19.604.{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Cup: GB win double team pursuit gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/24780212 |website=BBC Sport|last1=Williams|first1=Ollie |access-date=20 May 2025}} The following month in Aguascalientes, Mexico, at the next leg of the Track Cycling World Cup, Great Britain broke their own record twice more during the event as they again triumphed over Canada in the final. The team consisting of Barker, Rowsell, King and Katie Archibald beat their own record set in Manchester by three seconds, posting a time of 4:16.552, helped by the high altitude conditions in Mexico.{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Eddie |title=Great Britain's women smash team pursuit world record |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20131206-Mexico-UCI-Track-World-Cup-Day-1-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=20 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520125241/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20131206-Mexico-UCI-Track-World-Cup-Day-1-0 |archive-date=20 May 2025 |date=6 December 2013}}

At the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Barker, Trott, Rowsell and Archibald led Great Britain to victory in the team pursuit over Canada in the gold medal race.{{cite web |title=Britain win team pursuit world track cycling gold in a nail-biter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/feb/28/britain-women-team-pursuit-world-track-cycling-gold |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 May 2025}} Barker represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She secured silver in the 25km points race, losing narrowly to Trott in the final sprint, and bronze in the 10km scratch race.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 |title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow |publisher=Wales Online |date=9 July 2014}}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28504528 BBC Sport – Glasgow 2014, "Glasgow 2014 day four: Elinor Barker denied gold by Laura Trott", 27 July 2014]. Accessed 27 July 2014 Barker won gold in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships in Guadeloupe, after Great Britain beat Russia by nearly seven seconds in the gold medal race.{{cite web |title=European Track Championships: GB's men and women claim gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/29656380 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521041924/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/29656380 |archive-date=21 May 2025}}

On the road in 2014, Barker finished fourth at the British National Time Trial Championships, just over a minute behind Emma Pooley in first position.{{cite web |last1=Bull |first1=Nick |title=Emma Pooley wins women's British time trial title |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/british-racing/emma-pooley-wins-womens-british-time-trial-title-128361 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=26 June 2014}} In September, it was announced that Barker would follow in the footsteps of teammate Laura Trott and join the {{UCI team code|MAT|2015}} team for 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/elinor-barker-signs-matrix-fitness-vulpine-2015-138035 |title=Elinor Barker signs to Matrix Fitness-Vulpine for 2015 |date=27 September 2014 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=22 December 2014}}

At the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, Barker, Trott, Rowsell and Archibald won silver after suffering a defeat to Australia in the final of the team pursuit. Australia broke Great Britain's world record time in the event.{{cite web |title=Elinor Barker forced to settle for silver as Great Britain are defeated by new world champions Australia |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/elinor-barker-forced-settle-silver-8682226 |website=Wales Online |access-date=20 May 2025}} Barker was part of the British team that finished first in the team pursuit at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. Britain beat Russia in the final.{{cite web |title=European Track Championships: GB win double team pursuit gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/34534762 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2025}}

At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in London, Barker was part of the team pursuit along with Ciara Horne, Rowsell Shand and Trott. After a 'disappointing' qualifying ride, they fought back and eventually beat New Zealand to claim bronze.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/gb-womens-team-pursuit-squad-salvage-bronze-at-track-worlds-214988 |title=GB women's team pursuit squad salvage bronze at Track Worlds |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=4 March 2016 |access-date=30 October 2017}} At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Barker along with Archibald, Rowsell Shand and Trott secured the gold medal in the team pursuit in a world record time of 4:10.236 seconds, defeating USA in the final. The quartet had broken the world record in qualifying, only to see USA better it in their qualifying ride. The British team then broke it again in the final and Barker said afterwards "What do people say at a time like this? It is incredible".{{cite web |title=Wales' Elinor Barker wins gold medal in team pursuit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/37074108 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 June 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36688104 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Laura Trott makes history as GB's women win team pursuit |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 August 2016 |access-date=30 October 2017}} After the Olympics, Barker said she would likely focus on individual events in 2017, such as the points race and the scratch race, rather than the team pursuit.{{cite web |title=Rio 2016 Olympics: Gold winner Elinor Barker aims for solo races |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/37084761 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 June 2025}}

Returning to the track after the Olympics, Barker won a silver medal in the scratch race at the European Championships in Paris.{{cite web |first=Eve |last=Langford |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20161020-gb-cyclingteam-2016-UEC-European-Track-Championships-day-two-0 |title=Medal magic from Great Britain Cycling Team in Paris |publisher=Britishcycling.org.uk |date=20 October 2016 |access-date=30 October 2017}} She followed this by winning the points race at the World Cup in Apeldoorn.{{cite web |url=http://sport.bt.com/cycling/olympic-champion-elinor-barker-wins-gold-at-world-cup-in-apeldoorn-S11364112653643 |title=Olympic champion Elinor Barker wins gold at World Cup in Apeldoorn}} Barker then claimed the title at the Six Days of Amsterdam, which included a win in the elimination race on the final day.{{cite web |url=http://sixday.com/news/belgian-pair-storm-to-comfortable-six-day-amsterdam-success/ |title=Six Day Series » Belgian pair storm to comfortable Six Day Amsterdam success |access-date=12 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164211/http://sixday.com/news/belgian-pair-storm-to-comfortable-six-day-amsterdam-success/ |archive-date=13 February 2017}} Barker closed 2016 with first place in the British National Madison Championships alongside Kenny.{{cite web |url=http://sixday.com/news/amsterdam-champ-elinor-barker-ends-year-with-national-madison-title/ |title=Six Day Series » Amsterdam champ Elinor Barker ends year with national Madison title |access-date=12 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164214/http://sixday.com/news/amsterdam-champ-elinor-barker-ends-year-with-national-madison-title/ |archive-date=13 February 2017}}

Starting 2017, Barker finished second in the ominium and third in the scratch race at the National Championships.{{cite web |url=http://sixday.com/news/away-from-six-day-all-conquering-archibald-bags-quartet-of-national-titles/ |title=Six Day Series » Away from Six Day: All-conquering Archibald bags quartet of national titles |access-date=16 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164114/http://sixday.com/news/away-from-six-day-all-conquering-archibald-bags-quartet-of-national-titles/ |archive-date=13 February 2017}} Barker finished third in the points race at the World Cup event in Los Angeles.{{cite web |first=Jody |last=Cundy |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/article/20170227-gb-cyclingteam-news-World-cup-scratch-bronze-for-Barker-0 |title=World cup scratch bronze for Barker |publisher=Britishcycling.org.uk |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017}} At the Six Days series final, despite not winning a race in Mallorca, Barker won the title.{{cite web |url=http://sixday.com/news/womens-omnium-glory-for-barker-after-supreme-mallorca-showing/ |title=Six Day Series » Women's Omnium glory for Barker after supreme Mallorca showing |access-date=14 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415105816/http://sixday.com/news/womens-omnium-glory-for-barker-after-supreme-mallorca-showing/ |archive-date=15 April 2017}} At the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong, Barker claimed two silver medals, one in the scratch race (behind Rachele Barbieri) and the other in the madison alongside Emily Nelson.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39578699 |title=Track Cycling World Championships: Elinor Barker pipped for gold |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 April 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39609308 |title=Track Cycling Worlds: Elinor Barker & Emily Nelson win madison silver |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 April 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017}} Barker went on to win her first individual world title in the points race.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39613095 |title=World Track Cycling Championships: Elinor Barker wins world points race gold |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 April 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017}} At the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin, Germany, Barker won silver as Great Britain were defeated by Italy in the final of the team pursuit.{{cite web |title=European Track Championships 2017: Britain win silver in women's team pursuit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41685963 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2025}} In November 2017, Barker won gold in both the team pursuit (beating Italy in the final), and the madison (partnering Archibald) at the Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester.{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Cup: Britain win gold in women's team pursuit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41962390 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2025}}

For the 2018 season Barker decided to join {{UCI team code|WHT|2018}},{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41640516 |title=Katie Archibald: World omnium champion to join road racing team in 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017}} and joined {{UCI team code|DRP|2019}} for 2019, after {{UCI team code|WHT|2018|nolink=yes}} folded.

Barker won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn. Great Britain were defeated by USA in the final.{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43248234 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=22 May 2025}} At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, Barker took the gold in the points race for Wales, ahead of Scots Archibald and Neah Evans. Barker's win was the first Commonwealth Games title for a Welsh track cyclist since 1990.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43680669 |title=Commonwealth Games: Elinor Barker wins points race gold, Scots complete podium |author= |date=7 April 2018 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2021}} Later that year she was part of the Team GB squad that took the gold in the team pursuit at the European Track Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-08-03/elinor-barker-and-teammates-win-gbs-first-gold-medal-at-european-championships |title=Elinor Barker and teammates win GB's first gold medal at European Championships |author= |date=3 August 2018 |website=itv.com |access-date=7 October 2021}}

At the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, Poland, Barker won the rainbow jersey in the scratch race, her first world title in that discipline.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/27/elinor-barker-world-track-cycling-gold-poland |title=Elinor Barker wins fourth world track cycling title in Poland |author= |date=27 February 2019 |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Championships 2019: Elinor Barker claims first gold for Great Britain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47391671 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 May 2025}}

Barker also won a silver in the team pursuit after Great Britain were defeated by Australia in the final.{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Championships 2019: Australia beat Great Britain to take double team pursuit gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47406824 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=22 May 2025}} On the road, Barker broke her collarbone in August during the RideLondon Classique. She returned to racing later in the year, however, and won two medals at the Track Cycling World Cup event in Glasgow. She was part of the British team that won Gold in the team pursuit and she then claimed a silver medal in the madison alongside Archibald.{{cite web |title=BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2019: Elinor Barker profile |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/50474884 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=4 June 2025}}

At the 2020 Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany, Barker won the gold in the points race on the final day of the championships, taking Team GB's only title of the meeting. She was also part of the team that took silver in the team pursuit.{{cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/uk-sports/2020/03/01/elinor-barker-earns-britain-belated-gold-at-end-of-tough-world-championships/ |title=Elinor Barker earns Britain belated gold at end of tough World Championships |author= |date=1 March 2020 |website=shropshirestar.com |access-date=7 October 2021}} Later that year Barker took two titles at the European Track Championships, one as part of the team pursuit squad alongside Archibald, Evans, Kenny and Josie Knight, and an individual gold in the elimination race.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/european-track-championships-2020-gb-womens-team-pursuit-squad-take-gold-as-elinor-barker-takes-elimination-race-title-on-second-night-475760 |title=European Track Championships 2020: GB women's team pursuit squad take gold as Elinor Barker takes elimination race title on second night |last=Ballinger |first=Alex |date=13 November 2020 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=7 October 2021}}

In 2021, Barker was part of the British team that won silver in the team pursuit at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |title=Tokyo Olympics: Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit results |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58023549 |access-date=7 October 2021}} During the Games she signed a two-year deal to join the Uno-X team from 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58837740 |title=Elinor Barker: British cyclist on pregnancy and others paving the way for mothers in sport |last=Falkingham |first=Katie |date=8 October 2021 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/elinor-barker-silver-medal-tokyo-2020-b959063.html |title=Team GB cyclist Elinor Barker reveals she won silver medal at Tokyo 2020 while expecting first child |author= |date=6 October 2021 |website=standard.co.uk |access-date=10 October 2021}}

After giving birth in March 2022, Barker made her return to road cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, where she competed in the road-race.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: Wales' Elinor Barker to compete in Birmingham; Geraint Thomas recalled after eight years |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/15264/12629962/commonwealth-games-wales-elinor-barker-to-compete-in-birmingham-geraint-thomas-recalled-after-eight-years |website=Sky Sports |access-date=19 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Elinor Barker |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Elinor_Barker |website=British Cycling |access-date=19 May 2025}} She returned to cycling with her team in 2023 with a 15th place finish at the Vuelta CV Feminas.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Jackie |title=Elinor Barker signs four-year extension with Uno-X Pro Cycling |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/elinor-barker-signs-four-year-extension-with-uno-x-pro-cycling/ |website=Cycling News |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=21 April 2023}} Barker won two gold medals for Great Britain at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen. The event was her first major track cycling competition since becoming a mother. She was a member of the team that triumphed in the team pursuit, and she then celebrated victory in the madison partnering Archibald. Barker also finished fourth in the elimination race.{{cite web |title=Women's team pursuit gold for great Britain on day two of the European Championships |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/20230209-gb-cyclingteam-news-Women%E2%80%99s-team-pursuit-gold-for-Great-Britain-on-day-two-of-European-championships-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=19 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=European Track Championships: Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker win madison gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/64619264 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 May 2025}}

Back on the road, Barker finished seventh in the Gent–Wevelgem, her best ever finish in a UCI road race,{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Patrick |title=Elinor Barker shines at Gent-Wevelgem as maternity comeback gathers pace |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/elinor-barker-shines-at-gent-wevelgem-as-maternity-comeback-gathers-pace/ |website=Cycling News |access-date=19 May 2025 |date=28 March 2025}} and third in the elite time-trial at the British National Championships.{{cite web |title=Holden and Tarling Triumph in time-trials at British National Road Championships |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20230621-roadchamps-Holden-and-Tarling-triumph-in-time-trials-at-British-National-Road-Championships-0 |website=British Cycling |access-date=19 May 2025}} In April 2023, Barker extended her contract with Uno-X until 2027. She then finished 16th at the Fleche Wallone.. Barker also competed in the 2023 Giro Donne (Giro d'Italia Women) where she finished 58th.{{cite web |title=34th Giro d'Italia Donne |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia-women/2023/gc |website=Pro Cycling Stats |access-date=19 May 2025}}

At the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Barker won a gold medal in the team pursuit alongside Archibald, Knight and Anna Morris, after they defeated New Zealand in the final. It was the first time that Great Britain had won the event since 2014.{{cite web |title=Cycling World Championships 2023: GB win five golds on day three including women's team pursuit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66417081 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 May 2025}} Barker then won a second gold medal while partnering Evans in the madison.{{cite web |last1=Whittle |first1=Jeremy |title=Elinor Barker and Neah Evans win world championship Madison gold for Britain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/07/eilinor-barker-and-neah-evans-win-world-madison-gold-for-britain |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518143542/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/07/eilinor-barker-and-neah-evans-win-world-madison-gold-for-britain |archive-date=18 May 2025 |date=7 August 2023}}

At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Adelaide, Australia, Barker won a silver medal in the team pursuit, and then secured a gold medal in the madison with Archibald.{{cite web |title=UCI Track Nations Cup 2024: Great Britain win two golds among five medals on day one |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/68177881 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=UCI Track Nations Cup 2024: Great Britain's Katie Archibald & Elinor Barker win madison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/68190860 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 May 2025}} At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Barker won bronze in the team pursuit alongside Knight, Morris and Jess Roberts. She then became the first Welsh women to win four Olympic medals by securing a silver in the madison with Evans.{{cite web |title=Welsh cycling trio complete bronze pursuit |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy8x0g8v2qgo |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Barker makes history with madison silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cly3dzl21djo |website=BBC Sport |access-date=18 May 2025}} Barker finished third in the elite time-trial at the British Championships, just over a minute behind winner Anna Henderson.{{cite web |last1=Ostanek |first1=Dani |title=Visma-Lease a Bike rider puts 33 seconds into Claire Steels in second as Elinor Barker takes third place |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/british-road-championships-2024/time-trial-elite-women/results/ |website=Cycling News |access-date=8 June 2025 |date=19 June 2024}}

Barker revealed in 2019 that she was suffering from endometriosis, which nearly caused her to retire, as well as potentially affecting her chances of having a child.{{cite news |title=Elinor Barker: 'I felt pain for hours and couldn't stand up' |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/48946766 |access-date=7 October 2021}} In October 2021, Barker announced that she was pregnant, and had been so when she competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/06/sport/elinor-barker-tokyo-olympics-spt-intl/index.html |title=Cyclist Elinor Barker says she won silver at Tokyo Olympics while pregnant |publisher=CNN |date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2021}} She is married to Danish cyclist Casper von Folsach.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ckgjzj4l56no|title=From the pain of endometriosis to making sporting history|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Michael|last=Pearlman|date=10 August 2024|accessdate=10 August 2024}}

Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y |page=N15|date=31 December 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf |title=New Year's Honours List 2017 |date=30 December 2016 |website=www.gov.uk |publisher=Government Digital Service |access-date=31 December 2016}}

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;2011

: National Junior Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::2nd Scratch

: 2nd 15px Individual pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships

;2012

: UEC European Junior Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Team pursuit

: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali

:1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Glasgow

: UCI World Junior Championships

::2nd 15px Omnium

::2nd 15px Individual pursuit

::3rd 15px Team pursuit

;2013

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: UEC European Under-23 Championships

::2nd 15px Individual pursuit

::2nd 15px Points race

: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Aguascalientes

;2014

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Championships

: UCI World Cup

::1st Team pursuit, Guadalajara

::1st Team pursuit, London

::3rd Points race, London

: Revolution

::1st Scratch – Round 3, Manchester

::2nd Points Race – Round 2, Manchester

::3rd Points Race – Round 3, Manchester

::3rd Scratch – Round 4, Manchester

: Commonwealth Games

::2nd 15px Points race

::3rd 15px Scratch

;2015

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: Revolution

::1st Points Race – Round 6, Manchester

::1st Scratch – Round 3, Manchester

::2nd Points Race – Round 3, Manchester

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali

;2016

: 1st 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: 1st 20px Madison, National Championships (with Laura Kenny)

: UCI World Cup

::1st Points race, Apeldoorn

::2nd Team pursuit, Hong Kong

: 1st Omnium, Six Days of Amsterdam

: 2nd 15px Scratch, UEC European Championships

: Revolution Series

::2nd Points Race – Round 1, Manchester

::2nd Points Race – Round 5, Manchester

: Revolution Champions League

::2nd Points Race – Round 2, London

::3rd Omnium – Round 1, Manchester

::3rd Points Race – Round 1, Manchester

::3rd Scratch – Round 2, London

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

;2017

: UCI World Championships

::1st 20px Points race

::2nd 15px Scratch

::2nd 15px Madison (with Emily Nelson)

: UEC European Championships

::1st 20px Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

: UCI World Cup

::1st Madison, Manchester

::1st Team Pursuit, Manchester

::2nd Madison, Pruszków (with Emily Nelson)

: 1st Omnium, Six Day Final, Mallorca

: National Championships

::2nd Omnium

::3rd Scratch

: 3rd Scratch, Champions League – Round 1, London

;2018

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

: 1st 15px Points race, Commonwealth Games

: 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison, National Championships (with Katie Archibald)

: 2nd Scratch, Champions League – Round 3, Manchester

;2019

: 1st 20px Scratch, UCI World Championships

;2020

: 1st 20px Points race, UCI World Championships

: UEC European Championships

::1st 20px Elimination

::1st 20px Team pursuit

;2021

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games

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;2011

: 1st Stratford-upon-Avon Team Series

: 1st Stage 1 Essex Giro

: 2nd 15px Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships

;2012

: 1st 20px Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships

: 1st Jubilee Road Race

: 1st Duncan Murray Wines Road Race

: 2nd Hillingdon Grand Prix

: 2nd Overall 2 Days of Bedford

::1st Stage 4

;2013

: 1st Otley Grand Prix

;2014

: 4th Time trial, National Championships

;2017

: 1st 20px Overall Rás na mBan

::1st {{cjersey|orange}} Queen of the Hills classification{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2017/0910/903669-elinor-barker-wins/ |title=Elinor Barker wins Rás na mBan |date=10 September 2017 |website=RTÉ.ie |access-date=17 September 2017}}

::1st Stages 3{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/barker-reigns-supreme-on-mount-leinster/5719 |title=Barker Reigns Supreme on Mount Leinster |date=9 September 2017 |website=Cycling Ireland |access-date=17 September 2017}} & 4{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2017/0909/903480-an-post-ras-na-mban/ |title=Elinor Barker bursts to second An Post Rás na mBan stage win |date=9 September 2017 |website=RTÉ.ie |access-date=17 September 2017}}

: 3rd Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT

: National Championships

::4th Road race

::5th Time trial

: 7th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

::1st Stage 2a

;2023

: National Championships

::3rd Time trial

::4th Road race

: 7th Gent–Wevelgem

: 9th Time trial, UEC European Championships

;2024

: 3rd Time trial, National Championships

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