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Full name | Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pontypridd, Wales | 6 December 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lidl–Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | Storey Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020– | Trek–Segafredo [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert [2](born 6 December 2001) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. [3] At the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial event, repeating her achievement from the previous World Championships. [4] [5]
Born in Pontypridd, Bäckstedt trains in the Pontyclun and Cardiff area. [6] Her parents Magnus Bäckstedt [7] and Megan Hughes were both professional cyclists, and she is the elder sister of Zoë Bäckstedt. [8]
On 23 July 2021, Bäckstedt announced her engagement to Charley Calvert, a fellow British professional cyclist. [9]