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| Born | Jaime Nielsen (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 (age 40)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2016 | BePink–La Classica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Waikato Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealandtrack androad cyclist, and a former representativerower.
From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at theWorld Rowing U23 Championships inPoznań, Poland, in 2004 with the U23 women's quadruple sculls with fellow members Bess Halley, Darnelle Timbs andFiona Paterson.[2]
Despite only taking up cycling in 2007, at the team pursuit at theUCI Track Cycling World Championships she won silver in2009 and bronze in2011.[3]
At the2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in theWomen's team pursuit for the New Zealand team which placed her 5th and set a national record of 3:18.514. At the2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 4th in theWomen's team pursuit. At the2020 Summer Olympics, she finished eighth, inWomen's team pursuit.[4]
Nielsen won theNew Zealand National Time Trial Championships three times and was second five times.[5][6] In 2017 she broke the sea level world record for the one-hour ride in Cambridge. She clocked 47.791kms in the hour which was 909m more than the previous world's best at sea level.[7]
Team pursuit,UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, MelbourneTeam pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
Team pursuit (withLauren Ellis,Racquel Sheath andGeorgia Williams)
Individual pursuit Individual pursuit, National Track Championships Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
Individual pursuit, Oceania Track ChampionshipsTime trial, National Road ChampionshipsTime trial, National Road ChampionshipsTime trial, National Road Championships
