Wendy Everson - Biography

Biography

Representing England, Everson finished fourth in the sprint at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Everson was the 500 m national champion for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996, at the British National Track Championships. She competed in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in At the national championships in 1997, Everson won the scratch race and sprint events. She successfully defended her sprint title in 1998. Everson finished third in the national Keirin championships the first time it was held for women in 2003.

Everson held the British women's flying start 500 metre record in a time of 31.116 seconds until it was broken by Victoria Pendleton in 2002. She also held the 200m flying start record with a time of 11.651 seconds, which she set in Bogota in 1995. This was broken by Denise Hampson in Moscow at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, when she recorded a time of 11.508 seconds in the qualifying time trials. She also holds the 200 metre flying start world Masters record for the women's 30-39 age category, which she set in 2000, with a time of 12.415 seconds, and the 750 metre team sprint world Masters record of 54.031 seconds along with Suzie Tignor & Annette Hanson of the United States.

Everson, who believed she was being discriminated against, brought an employment tribunal against British Cycling in 2001, disputing their decision not to support her financially. She lost the case on the basis that as a competitor, setting a precedent for future cases as she was not a member of British Cyclings staff. The conclusion of the tribunal is now included in UK Sports "World Class Programme" guidelines under the heading "Employment Status of Athletes".

Everson previously lived in Bridgend in the Vale of Glamorgan