Jaime Nielsen
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| Born | 3 September 1985[1] | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Hamilton, New Zealand[1] | ||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Club | Waikato Rowing Club | ||||||||||||
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Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower. She was invited to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the U23 World Rowing Championship in Poznań, Poland, in 2004 with the U23 women's quadruple sculls with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs and Fiona Paterson.[2]
Despite only taking up cycling in 2007, at the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won silver in 2009 and bronze in 2011.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's team pursuit for the New Zealand team which placed 5th and set a national record of 3:18.514.
Nielsen won the New Zealand time trial championships in 2014 and was second from 2011 to 2013.[4] More of her road race results are available on the Pro Cycling Stats website.[5]
Career highlights
- 2009
- 2nd
Team Pursuit World Championships
- 2010
- 3rd World Cup Team pursuit, Melbourne
- 2011
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd World Cup Team pursuit, Manchester
- 3rd
Team Pursuit World Championships - 4th Pursuit World Championships
- 2012
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2013
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Pursuit, National Championships
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Jaime Nielsen". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Jaime Nielsen Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ↑ Jaime Nielsen cyclingarchives.com
- ↑ Jaime Nielsen procyclingstats.com