Wendy Everson

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ridername = Wendy Everson


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fullname = Wendy Everson
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dateofbirth = 1962-1970
country = ENG
GBR
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discipline = Track
role = Rider
ridertype = Sprinter
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proyears = 1992
2000
2003
proteams = Wolverhampton Wheelers
Cardiff Byways RCC
St Athan CC
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updated = 22 August 2008

Wendy Everson (born 1962-1970), is an English track racing cyclist who specializes in sprinting.

Representing England, she finished fourth in the sprint at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [cite web|url=http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp| title=Athlete search| publisher=The Commonwealth Games Federation] Everson was the 500 m national champion for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996, at the British National Track Championships. She competed in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Perth in 1997, finishing 14th in the 500 metre time trial event. She was beaten by Felicia Ballanger in the first round of the sprint event before being beaten by Rita Razmaite in the repechage. [cite web| url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/aug97/worldtrack97.html| title=1997 UCI World Track Championships| publisher=From the cyclingnews.com archive] At the national championships in 1997, Everson won the scratch race and sprint events. She successfully defended her sprint title in 1998.Everson finished third in the national Keirin championships the first time it was held for women in 2003. [cite web| url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/archive/results/2003/August/09_HALESOWEN.shtml| title=Dudley Grand Prix Track Meeting| publisher=British Cycling| date=August 2003]

Everson held the British womens flying start 500 metre record in a time of 31.116 seconds until it was broken by Victoria Pendleton in 2002. She also held the 200m flying start record with a time of 11.651 seconds, which she set in Bogota in 1995. This was broken by Denise Hampson in Moscow at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, when she recorded a time of 11.508 seconds in the qualifying time trials. [cite web| url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/archive/news/2002/international/05_moscow_round1.html| title=Sprinters Smash National Records| publisher=British Cycling| date=2002] She also holds the 200 metre flying start world Masters record for the womens 30-39 age category, which she set in 2000, with a time of 12.415 seconds, and the 750 metre team sprint world Masters record of 54.031 seconds along with Suzie Tignor & Annette Hanson of the United States.

Everson, who believed she was being discriminated against because of her age, brought an employment tribunal against British Cycling in 2001, disputing their decision not to support her financially. She lost the case on the basis that as a competitor, setting a precedent for future cases as she was not a member of British Cyclings staff. [cite web| url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/09/27/ten_years_of_hard_cash_that_pu.html| title=Ten years of hard cash that put Britain on top of the world| author=William Fotheringham| publisher=The Guardian| date=27 September 2007] The conclusion of the tribunal is now included in UK Sports "World Class Programme" guidelines under the heading "Employment Status of Athletes". [cite web| url=http://www.uksport.gov.uk/assets/File/Generic_Template_Documents/Sports_Funding/performance_management/Employment_Status_of_Athletes1.doc| title=World Class Programme: Employment Status of Athletes| publisher=UK Sport]

Everson lives in Bridgend in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Palmarès

;1995:1st flagicon|GBR 500 m time trial, British National Track Championships

;1996:1st flagicon|GBR 500 m time trial, British National Track Championships

;1999:1st flagicon|GBR Sprint, British National Track Championships:1st flagicon|GBR Scratch race, British National Track Championships:2nd 500 m time trial, British National Track Championships

;2000:1st flagiconUCI Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships, 30-39:1st flagiconUCI 500 m time trial, UCI World Masters Track Championships, 30-39:1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships, 30-39:1st 500 m time trial, European Masters Track Championships, 30-39 [cite web| url=http://www.cyclingmasters.com/champions/2000.html| title=2000 Champions| publisher=European Masters Track Championships] :1st flagicon|GBR Sprint, British National Track Championships:2nd Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships, 30-39:3rd 500 m time trial, British National Track Championships

;2001:1st flagiconUCI Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships, 30-39:2nd Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships, 30-39

;2003:3rd Keirin, British National Track Championships

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