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18/12/2023
Emma Funucane Named BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality Of The Year 2023
Track cyclist Emma Finucane has been named the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year for 2023.
Emma Finucane, from Carmarthen, started riding when she was eight years old, with her younger sister Rosie at Towy Riders. After being spotted by the Great Britain Cycling Team, she joined the academy programme in 2018, becoming a junior European champion a year later.
A breakthrough year for Emma, 2023 kicked off with a bang as she took all four women’s sprint titles at the National Track Championships, followed by her first individual Track Nations Cup win in the sprint. After winning two silver medals at the European Championships, the highlight of her career so far came in August with her first world title at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, becoming only the third ever British female sprint world champion, and the youngest at just 20 years old.
On receiving the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award, Finucane commented: "This is surreal! I really appreciate that people have appreciated what I've done. It’s nice to have a nation behind me, supporting me. We are quite a small country but to have that passion behind us and to have them on my sleeve as well is really important."
The award was decided by an expert panel of judges, chaired by Paralympic great Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who has won the award herself three times. The panel also included Leshia Hawkins (CEO, Cricket Wales), Laura Kenyon (Assistant Editor, BBC Cymru Wales Sport), Owen Lewis (Director, Sport System, Sport Wales), Sue Butler (Managing Editor, BBC Cymru Wales Sport), Professor Katie Thirlaway (Dean of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University) and Wales netball and football international Nia Jones.
Tanni Grey-Thompson said: "She has had amazing performances this year, especially for someone so young. Her individual performances are amazing, and when you look back at the history of women’s cycling in the UK, she’s got a huge amount to look up to. And when you look at the impact a small nation like Wales has to this sport, it's brilliant."
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Emma Finucane, from Carmarthen, started riding when she was eight years old, with her younger sister Rosie at Towy Riders. After being spotted by the Great Britain Cycling Team, she joined the academy programme in 2018, becoming a junior European champion a year later.
A breakthrough year for Emma, 2023 kicked off with a bang as she took all four women’s sprint titles at the National Track Championships, followed by her first individual Track Nations Cup win in the sprint. After winning two silver medals at the European Championships, the highlight of her career so far came in August with her first world title at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, becoming only the third ever British female sprint world champion, and the youngest at just 20 years old.
On receiving the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award, Finucane commented: "This is surreal! I really appreciate that people have appreciated what I've done. It’s nice to have a nation behind me, supporting me. We are quite a small country but to have that passion behind us and to have them on my sleeve as well is really important."
The award was decided by an expert panel of judges, chaired by Paralympic great Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who has won the award herself three times. The panel also included Leshia Hawkins (CEO, Cricket Wales), Laura Kenyon (Assistant Editor, BBC Cymru Wales Sport), Owen Lewis (Director, Sport System, Sport Wales), Sue Butler (Managing Editor, BBC Cymru Wales Sport), Professor Katie Thirlaway (Dean of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University) and Wales netball and football international Nia Jones.
Tanni Grey-Thompson said: "She has had amazing performances this year, especially for someone so young. Her individual performances are amazing, and when you look back at the history of women’s cycling in the UK, she’s got a huge amount to look up to. And when you look at the impact a small nation like Wales has to this sport, it's brilliant."
www.bbc.co.uk
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