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Born | Huddersfield, England | 4 May 2003|||||||||||
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Discipline | Track, road | |||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||
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2022 | CAMS–Basso | |||||||||||
2023 | Lifeplus Wahoo | |||||||||||
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Maddie (Madelaine) Leech (born 4 May 2003) is an English international cyclist.[1] In 2022, she represented England at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit.[2][3] She currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Lifeplus–Wahoo.[4]
Leech rode for Huddersfield Star Wheelers before joining CAMS-Basso, she was part of winning teams in the European Junior Championship team pursuit and World Junior Championship road race.[5] She won the silver medal in the Madison and a bronze medal in the Omnium at the 2022 British National Track Championships.[6]
In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She competed in four events, winning a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit. She also rode in the points race, the women's individual pursuit event, finishing in 12th place and the women's road race.[2][5]
Leech won her first national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, after she won the Team Pursuit riding for Team Inspired.[7] The following year, at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships, she repeated the achievement, winning a second team pursuit national title for Team Inspired.[8]