Emma Pooley

Emma Jane Pooley, born on 3 October 1982 in Wandsworth, London, is a British-Swiss athlete who moved from professional cycling to endurance running, duathlon and triathlon. She grew up in Norwich, graduated in engineering from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and took up cycling only to cross-train after a stress fracture. As a cyclist she specialised in time trials and hilly races, won the silver medal in the time trial at the 2008 Olympic Games, became world time trial champion in 2010 and won six UCI Women's Road World Cup one-day races. After the 2014 Commonwealth Games she turned to triathlon, duathlon and long-distance running, winning the Swissman triathlon and the Lausanne Marathon in 2013, and she has been four times world champion in long-distance duathlon at Powerman Zofingen. She is a founding member of Le Tour Entier, a campaign for a Women's Tour de France, and has represented Switzerland at the world trail running championships.