Ross Edgar

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| birth_place = Newmarket, United Kingdom

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| currentteam = Australia

| discipline = Track

| role = Rider / Coach

| ridertype = Sprinter / Retired

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| proteam1 = Science in Sport

| proyears2 = 2002–2012

| proteam2 = Team Sky & Great Britain

| proyears3 = 2013–2014

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|IGS}}

| proyears4 = 2016–2017

| proteam4 = UCI & Korea

| proyears5 = 2018

| proteam5 = Australia

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Ross Edgar (born 3 January 1983) is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean. He competed for Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games[http://www.olympics.org.uk/BEIJING2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=5601 Athlete Profile]

He won a silver medal at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the Keirin.

He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In London 2012 Olympics, Edgar who was to represent Great Britain in the Team Sprint final was replaced & missed out on a Gold Medal which the team won.

Representing Scotland internationally he was Born in Newmarket, Suffolk. Having qualified to represent Scotland through his father David.

Ross Edgar as an amateur youth rider started with West Suffolk Wheelers based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk alongside younger brother Bruce.

In December 2012 it was announced that Edgar had signed for the IG-Sigma Sport cycling team for the 2013 season, adding road racing commitments to his existing membership of the Great Britain track cycling programme.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536161/ross-edgar-joins-ig-sigma-sport-road-team-for-2013.html |title=Ross Edgar joins IG Sigma Sport road team for 2013 |last=Wynn |first=Nigel|date=21 December 2012|work=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=23 December 2012}} After the team withdrew from racing at the end of the season Edgar was confirmed as s member of the Great Britain Olympic Podium Programme, switching from the sprint to the endurance squad.{{cite web |url=http://roadcyclinguk.com/racing/great-britain-in-good-shape-for-2016-according-to-sir-dave-brailsford-as-201314-squad-named.html |title=Great Britain 'in good shape' for 2016 according to Sir Dave Brailsford as 2013/14 squad named |last1=Henrys |first1=Colin |date=21 November 2013 |website=Roadcycling UK |accessdate=21 November 2013}}

Pre 2018, Edgar was a UCI coach based in Aigle, Switzerland, where he also coached Korean cyclist Lee Hye-Jin, who finished 8th in the keirin at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Currently he is a track sprint coach for Cycling Australia, based in Adelaide.

Results

;2012

:Track Cycling World Cup

::3rd Team sprint, Round 4, London (with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=187643 |title=London, Team Sprint 2012 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

;2010

:British National Team Sprint Championships

::15px Gold

:World Track Championships, Copenhagen

::15px Bronze, Team Sprint

;2009

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::1st Team sprint, Round 1, Manchester{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/427974/manchester-track-world-cup-cycling-weekly-s-full-coverage.html |title=Manchester Track World Cup: Cycling Weekly's full coverage |date=26 October 2009 |website=Cycling Weekly |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

;2008

:Olympics

::15px Silver, Men's Keirin

:World Track Championships, Manchester

::15px Silver, Team Sprint

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::1st Team sprint (with Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff), Round 1, Manchester{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=126676 |title=Manchester, Team Sprint 2008 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

:2nd Manchester International Keirin

;2007

:World Track Championships, Majorca

::15px Silver, Team Sprint

::15px Bronze, Men's Keirin

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::2nd Keirin, Round 3, Los Angeles{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=80677 |title=Los Angeles, Keirin 2007 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

::3rd Sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=80730 |title=Los Angeles, Sprint 2007 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

::3rd Team sprint, Round 3, Los Angeles (with Jason Kenny and Jason Queally){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=80742 |title=Los Angeles, Team Sprint 2007 |website=Cycling Archives|accessdate=28 November 2013}}

::1st Team sprint, Round 4, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=82825 |title=Manchester, Team Sprint 2007 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

::2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=102745 |title=Sydney, Keirin 2007 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

:3rd Manchester International Keirin

:British National Track Championships

::1st Sprint

;2006

:Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

::15px Gold, Team Sprint (Scotland)

::15px Silver, Men's Sprint

::15px Bronze, Men's Keirin

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::1st Team sprint, Round 1, Sydney (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=78699 |title=Sydney, Team Sprint 2006 |website=Cycling Archives|accessdate=28 November 2013}}

::2nd Sprint, Round 1, Sydney{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=78683 |title=Sydney, Sprint 2006 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

:British National Track Championships

::1st Keirin

::2nd Sprint

::2nd Team sprint (with Matt Crampton and Jamie Staff){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=76684 |title=National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Great Britain 2006 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

;2005

:European Track Championships (under-23)

::15px Silver, Sprint

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::1st Team sprint, Round 2, Manchester (with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=51993 |title=Manchester, Team Sprint 2005 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

;2004

:European Track Championships (under-23)

::15px Gold, Sprint

:British National Track Championships

::1st Sprint

::1st Team sprint (with David Heald and Barney Storey)

;2003

:Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::3rd Sprint, Round 4, Sydney{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=45801 |title=Sydney, Sprint 2003 |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

:British National Track Championships

::1st Sprint{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=21131 |title=Ross Edgar |website=Cycling Archives |accessdate=28 November 2013}}

;2002

:Commonwealth Games, Manchester

::15px Bronze, Team Sprint (Scotland)