Megan Hughes
{{Short description|Welsh cyclist}}
{{about||the Welsh singer, songwriter, scientist and philanthropist|Megan Watts Hughes}}
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Megan Hughes (married name Megan Bäckstedt, born 5 January 1977{{cycling archives|2631}}) is a Welsh retired track and road racing cyclist. Hughes won the 1998 British National Road Race and represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, competing in the road race and points race where she finished fifth.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/athlete.asp |title=Athlete Profiles |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Personal life
Megan was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School, Beddau.
She married the Swedish professional rider, Magnus Bäckstedt, they live in Llanharan near Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan.{{cite web| url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/1200sportsroundup/tm_objectid=14381800&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=backstedt-targets-tour-stage-win-name_page.html| title=Cycling: Backstedt targets Tour stage| author=Andy Howell| work=The Western Mail| date=1 July 2004}} Despite gaining a place on British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan in 2001, she retired from competitive cycling due to the difficulties involved in living and training in France after her marriage.{{cite web|url=http://ukcycling.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1035&p=2&stid=8046419 |title=Interview with Ken Matheson (WCPP) |author=Larry Hickmont |date=2 January 2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629060841/http://ukcycling.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1035&p=2&stid=8046419 |archivedate=29 June 2006 }} Her daughters Elynor and Zoë also are racing cyclists.{{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|accessdate=18 October 2019}}
Palmarès
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;1995
:2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships
:3rd Sprint, World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
;1996
:1st Stage 6, Tour du Finistère, France
:2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960527/ai_n14040891| title=Everson retains her time trial title| publisher=The (London) Independent| date=27 May 1996}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}
;1998
:1st {{flagicon|GBR}} British National Road Race Champs
:5th Points race, Commonwealth Games
;1999
:1st {{flagicon|WAL}} Welsh National Road Race Championships
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References
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{{succession box| before=Maria Lawrence | title={{flagicon|GBR}} British National Road Race Champion | years=1998 | after=Nicole Cooke }}
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Category:Welsh female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:British cycling road race champions
Category:Sportspeople from Beddau
Category:Sportspeople from Llanharan
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