# Crystal Lane

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**Crystal Lane-Wright** (née **Lane**; born 13 September 1985) is a [British](/source/Great_Britain) Paralympic [track](/source/Track_cycling) and [road](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) cyclist competing in C5 events. A bronze medallist in the Road World Championships in 2011, she competed for Great Britain team at the [2012 Summer Paralympics](/source/2012_Summer_Paralympics) and [2016 Summer Paralympics](/source/2016_Summer_Paralympics). At the 2016 Games in Rio she took silver medal in the individual pursuit and bronze in the road race. In 2018, she won the individual pursuit at the [Rio de Janeiro Track World Championships](/source/2018_UCI_Para-cycling_Track_World_Championships).[1] The same year she also took silver in individual time trial and bronze in the road race in the [Road World Championships](/source/UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships) held in Maniago.[1]

## Personal history

Lane-Wright was born with an under-developed left arm and took up sport as a youth and was active in football, playing at county level.[2][3] In 2008, she watched [Sarah Storey](/source/Sarah_Storey) compete at the [2008 Summer Paralympics](/source/2008_Summer_Paralympics) in Beijing. She noticed that she had a similar disability to Storey and realised that she could classify as a Paralympic athlete.[3][4] After a 2009 Great Britain campaign to find athletes for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lane-Wright applied and was accepted for trials. By December 2010 she was part of a three athletes selected as part of the GB Para-Cycling Team for 2011.[3]

Lane-Wright made her international debut in 2011 competing in the Road World Championships in [Roskilde](/source/Roskilde), Denmark. She finished 9th in the C5 Time Trial and took the bronze medal in the C5 road race, the gold going to GB team mate Sarah Storey.[2] In 2012 Lane-Wright entered the UCI World Cup in Rome. There she finished 4th in the Road Race and 5th in the Time Trial.[2] Lane-Wright qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in all three of her specialised events, C5 track pursuit, C5 time trial and C4-5 road race.

Lane-Wright was part of the UK cycling team at the postponed [2020 Summer Paralympics](/source/2020_Summer_Paralympics).[5]

Outside cycling Lane-Wright was a student [Loughborough University](/source/Loughborough_University), studying for an [MSc](/source/MSc) in Sport Nutrition.[4] Crystal graduated from the [University of Exeter](/source/University_of_Exeter) with a 2:1 in Exercise and Sports Science in 2011.[5]

## References

1. ["Crystal Lane-Wright - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile"](https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Crystal_Lane-Wright). *British Cycling*. Retrieved 2019-12-17.

1. ["Crystal Lane"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120830012947/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/crystal-lane). paralympics.org.uk. Archived from [the original](http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/crystal-lane) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

1. ["Talent Ambassador – Crystal Lane"](http://www.uksport.gov.uk/docLib/What-we-do/Talent.../CrystalLane.pdf). uksport.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2012.[dead link]

1. ["Focus on... Crystal Lane"](http://www.lboro.ac.uk/london2012/athletes/focuson/crystal-lane.html). lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

1. ["University of Exeter: University of Exeter Paralympians aiming for glory in Tokyo"](https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-exeter-university-of-exeter-paralympians-aiming-for-glory-in-tokyo/). *India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News*. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

## External links

- [Crystal Lane-Wright](https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Crystal_Lane-Wright) at [British Cycling](/source/British_Cycling)
- (2020)
- (2012, 2016)

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