{{short description|Canadian cyclist and speed skater}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Kirsti Lay | image = Panam Games 2015 - Kirsti Lay (19979712466).jpg | caption = Lay in 2015 | fullname = Kirsti Lay | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|4|7|df=yes}}<ref name=ca>{{cycling Archives|103413}}</ref> | birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2014–2015 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|SAS|2014}} | proyears1 = 2016–2019 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|OPW|2016}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|first=Tom|last=Soladay|authorlink=Thomas Soladay|title=2019 men's and women's rosters|work={{UCI team code|RLW|2019}}|publisher=Circuit Sport|accessdate=25 February 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213440/https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|archivedate=22 January 2019}}</ref> | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's track cycling}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2016 London|Team pursuit}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Yvelines|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Santiago|Team pursuit}} }} '''Kirsti Lay''' (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist,<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=https://www.airdrietoday.com/national-sports/olympic-medallist-kirsti-lay-announces-retirement-from-track-cycling-1695831|title=Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling|work=Airdrie City View|publisher=Great West Newspapers|date=16 September 2019|accessdate=3 February 2020|agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref> who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|RLW|2019}} between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,<ref name="UCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/85/16/20150212_SQEY_WE_EntryListUCIwebsite_English.PDF |title=Entry List: Women |accessdate=18 February 2015 |work=UCI}}</ref> winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit.<ref>[http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030C0003021401FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final Results]</ref> In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympic.ca/2016/06/29/returning-olympians-highlight-canadas-cycling-team |title=Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team|last1=Tozer|first1=Jamie|date=29 June 2016|website=www.olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref> She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.
Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedskating.ca/people/kirsti-lay |title=Kirsti Lay |website=Speed Skating Canada |access-date=23 May 2015 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524115841/http://www.speedskating.ca/people/kirsti-lay |url-status=dead }}</ref> and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisu.net/en/CAN-Announces-Long-Track-Speed-Skating-Team-3133.html?mbID=2242 |title=CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team|date=15 February 2009 |website=Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire |access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref> She also took part in two speed skating weekends (at Moscow and at Salt Lake City) of the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.
==Personal life== Lay is married to Canadian former speed skater Mathieu Giroux.<ref name="Retirement"/>
==Major results== ===Track=== {{div col start}} ;2014 : Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup ::2nd 15px Guadalajara ::3rd 15px London ;2015 : 1st 15px Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser) : Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup ::1st 15px Cali ::2nd 15px Cambridge : 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda) : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships ;2016 : 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games ;2017 : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Los Angeles {{div col end}}
===Road=== {{div col start}} ;2014 : 5th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau ;2015 : 1st 20px Mountains classification Tour of California : 10th Overall San Dimas Stage Race ;2017 : 1st Stage 1 Cascade Cycling Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cascade-cycling-classic-2017/pro-women-stage-1/results/ |title=Cascade Cycling Classic: Lay wins stage 1 McKenzie Pass Road Race|date=20 July 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref> : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/sport/road/news/beveridge-wins-canadian-road-title/ |title=Beveridge Wins Canadian Road Title |date=25 June 2017 |website=Cycling Canada Cyclisme |access-date=7 November 2017 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094143/http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/sport/road/news/beveridge-wins-canadian-road-title/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> : 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau : 8th Chrono Gatineau : 9th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ;2018 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd White Spot / Delta Road Race : 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic : 10th Overall Tour of the Gila {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lay, Kirsti}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian female cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Medicine Hat Category:Sportswomen from Alberta Category:Canadian female speed skaters Category:Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in cycling Category:Olympic cyclists for Canada Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade