Amy King (née Hill; born 4 July 1995) is a British former racing cyclist from Newport, Wales. She was a member of the record breaking, gold medal winning, British team pursuit squad at the Juniors world championships in 2013.
Career On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, King competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Hayley Jones, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the senior world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.
King represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Major results
2011 2nd Individual pursuit, National Youth Track Championships 2012 3rd Points race, National Junior Track Championships 2013 1st Team pursuit, UCI Juniors Track World Championships (with Hayley Jones, Emily Kay & Emily Nelson) 1st Points race, National Junior Track Championships Ghent International Junior Track Meeting 3rd Team pursuit (with Rebecca Hunt and Manon Lloyd) 3rd Omnium 2015 8th Women's Tour de Yorkshire 2018 9th Omloop der Kempen
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