Sophie Edwards (cycling) won gold in team pursuit at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Georgia Baker, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe.

Sophie, who was elevated to the Australian endurance squad in time for her first Games, used to ride with her dad who worked next door to the velodrome and she was picked up by the South Australian Sports Institute Talent Identification Program. Her breakthrough performance was a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships in the individual pursuit where she broke Amy Cure’s eight-year age-group record.

Sophie loves competing in both disciplines, having won national titles on the track in the omnium (2021) and individual pursuit (2023), while her major victories on the road include the Melbourne to Warrnambool Women’s Classic and the road race at the Oceania Championships in 2023.

Sophie has a Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences from the University of Adelaide and is the women’s officer at the Adelaide Cycling Club where her aim is to promote more women to take up cycling.