Kian Emadi

Kian Emadi-Coffin (born 29 July 1992) is a former[1] British track cyclist.[2] He has represented Great Britain and England at international level, and is a three-time British National Track champion. Originally a sprinter, he transferred following injury to the endurance squad, and in 2018 won a gold medal as part of the team pursuit squad for Great Britain at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Kian Emadi-Coffin
Emadi at the 2018 Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Born (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack cycling
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Sprinter (formerly)
Professional team
2012–presentSky Track Cycling
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, World Championships (2018)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2019 PruszkówTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 YvelinesTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichTeam pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2014 GlasgowTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastTeam pursuit

Career

Born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Emadi-Coffin started cycling competitively at the age of 13, and raced in many disciplines (track, road and cyclo-cross), before concentrating on the sprint disciplines of track racing. Emadi moved to Manchester at the age of 18 as a member of the British Cycling Podium Programme.[3]

He represented Great Britain at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] He won his first senior medal, a silver in the team sprint, at the latter event.

After suffering a back injury in September 2014, which limited the amount of gym work he could do to attempt to secure a place in the British team sprint squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Emadi-Coffin switched to the endurance squad.[5]

In December 2022, following the recurrence of a bank injury, Emadi-Coffin stepped away from the British team, and retired as a professional cyclist shortly afterwards.[6]

Personal life

Emadi-Coffin, born to an American academic mother and an Iranian father, attended St Peter's Church of England High School and then moved to St Joseph's Sixth Form School in Stoke to study for A levels.

Major results

Track
2009
National Junior Championships
1st Sprint
1st Kilo
3rd Keirin
Apeldoorn Interland
1st Team sprint
2nd Sprint
2nd Elimination
3rd Keirin
2010
National Junior Championships
1st Kilo
1st Keirin
2nd Sprint
2011
3rd Team sprint, National Championships
Revolution 33 – 2nd Sprint, Revolution Series
2012
1st Kilo, National Championships
2nd Kilo, UCI World Cup, Cali
2nd Sprint omnium, Six Days of Bremen
2013
National Championships
1st Kilo
1st Team sprint
1st Team sprint, Cottbuser Nächte
UCI World Cup
2nd Team sprint, Aguascalientes
3rd Team sprint, Manchester
Dutch Summer Trophy, Alkmaar
2nd Kilo
3rd Sprint
2014
2nd Team sprint, Commonwealth Games
2016
UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
3rd Team pursuit, Hong Kong
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Manchester
2018
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2019
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2021
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References
  1. "Kian Emadi steps away from the Great Britain Cycling Team, after 12 years on the programme". British Cycling. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "Kian Emadi". Britishcycling.org.uk. 29 July 1992. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. "Kian Emadi biography". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. Cycling. "UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2013: Kian Emadi aiming to fire Britain to track cycling glory in Minsk". Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  5. Smith, Pete (23 January 2016). "Cycling: Kian Emadi back on track after switch from sprint to endurance". The Sentinel (Staffordshire). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. "Kian Emadi steps away from the Great Britain Cycling Team, after 12 years on the programme". British Cycling. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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