Sophie Capewell

Sophie Ellen Capewell (born 4 September 1998) is a British professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the team sprint.^[2] She was also a member of the British trio who became world champions in the team sprint at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Sophie Capewell
MBE

Capewell in 2019
Personal information
Born	Sophie Ellen Capewell (1998-09-04) 4 September 1998 (age 26) Lichfield, England[1]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team sprint World Championships 2024 Ballerup Team sprint 2023 Glasgow Team sprint 2024 Ballerup 500 m time trial 2021 Roubaix Team sprint 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint European Championships 2023 Grenchen Team sprint 2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2023 Grenchen Sprint Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Keirin 2022 Birmingham 500m time trial

Early life

Capewell grew up in Staffordshire.^[3] Her father, Nigel Capewell, represented Great Britain in cycling at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.^[4][5][6] She attended Connell Sixth Form College.^[7]

Career

Capewell competed in the women's sprint at the 2020 World Championships in Berlin.^[8] Capewell then went on to win bronze in the team sprint at the 2021 World Championships in Roubaix, France.^[9]

Capewell was selected for the England team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Despite taking the first race of three, Capewell ultimately lost the bronze medal final of the women's sprint to Emma Finucane of Wales, finishing fourth overall.^[10] However, she bounced back to take 500m time trial bronze the following day. She subsequently won a silver medal in the keirin, which she dedicated to her late father Nigel, who died in October 2021.^[11]

In 2024, she won a second national title, at the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships.^[12] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Capewell, alongside teammates Katy Marchant and Emma Finucane, won the gold medal in the women’s team sprint. The team broke the world record three times during the event, ultimately setting the new record at 45.186 seconds in the final.^[2][13]

At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, Capewell teamed with Finucane and Marchant to win gold in the team sprint.^[14][15]

Capewell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to cycling.^[16]

Major results

2017

National Track Championships

1st Team sprint (with Lauren Bate)

1st Keirin

3rd Sprint

2018

National Track Championships

2nd Sprint

3rd Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis)

3rd Keirin

2019

National Track Championships

1st Sprint

2nd Team sprint (with Milly Tanner)

2021

UCI World Championships

3rd Team sprint

2022

Commonwealth Games

2nd Keirin

3rd 500 m time trial

UCI World Championships

3rd Team sprint

National Track Championships

2nd Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis and Milly Tanner)

2nd Sprint

3rd Keirin

2023

UCI World Championships

2nd Team sprint

UEC European Championships

2nd Team sprint

3rd Sprint

National Track Championships

2nd Team sprint (with Blaine Ridge-Davis and Lowri Thomas)

2nd Sprint

2nd Individual time trial

3rd Keirin

2024

National Track Championships

1st Team sprint (with Milly Tanner and Georgette Rand)

Olympic Games

1st Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant)

UCI World Championships

1st Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant)

2nd 500 m time trial

UEC European Championships

2nd Team sprint