Anna Turvey
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| Full name | Anna Catherine Turvey | ||||||||||||
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5 February 1980 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Tyneside Vagabonds CC | ||||||||||||
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Anna Turvey (born 5 February 1980) is a racing cyclist competing for Ireland.
In 2013, while competing as an amateur triathlete, Turvey finished second in RTTC National 25 mile time trial and top 10 in The British Elite time trial. Turvey joined the Scottish Cycling Performance Program in November 2013 with a view to competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Turvey the qualified to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Road Time Trial and the Individual Pursuit on the track, finishing 9th in the road time trial and 12th in the individual pursuit.
Turvey declared for Ireland in December 2015, qualifying through her Mother. Turvey won the individual time trial at the Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2016. In 2016, she rode for Ireland at the 2016 European Road Championships and in the women's time trial event at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.
Turvey answered a last minute call to ride for Ireland in the team pursuit in the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in Paris. While there she also competed in the Individual pursuit, finishing 8th [1] in the team pursuit, with Lydia Boylan, Lydia Gurley and Eileen Burns, and 3rd in the Individual pursuit [2]
Away from cycling, Turvey works as an optometrist.
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