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Also known as Elizabeth Mary Armistead, Lizzie Armitstead, Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Deignan, Elizabeth Deignan, Elizabeth Armistead

English track and road racing cyclist

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  • You can talk about fitness but the element people forget about and which has to come first is tenacity. You need that attitude and determination to commit to what you’re doing. It’s not always easy. That tenacity serves you well in races too. I do overload effort in training so when I get to races it all feels easier. I know if I am in pain others will be in pain too.

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Key facts

2006
Raleigh ERV
2007
Global Racing Team
2008
Team Halfords Bikehut
2009
Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
2012
AA Drink–leontien.nl
Full name
Elizabeth Mary Deignan
Nickname
Lizzie, Queen Lizzie
Born
Elizabeth Mary Armitstead , ( 1988-12-18 ) 18 December 1988 (age 37) , Otley , West Yorkshire , England
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
57 kg (126 lb)
Current team
Lidl–Trek
Disciplines
Road Track
Role
Retired
Rider type
All-rounder
2008 2009
100% ME
2010 2011
Cervélo TestTeam
2013 2018
Boels–Dolmans
2019 2025
Trek–Segafredo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elizabeth
Official name
Elizabeth Deignan
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Otley
Occupation
sport cyclist
Languages spoken
English language
Member of team
Lidl-Trek (women)
Country for sport
United Kingdom
Mass
57
Image
Lizzie Deignan - 2025 Tour of Britain Women (stage 3 - combativity).jpg
Height
168
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Commons category
Lizzie Deignan
date of birth
1988-12-18
short name
Elizabeth Deignan
sports discipline competed in
road bicycle racing
name in native language
Lizzie Deignan
birth name
Elizabeth Mary Deignan
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Encyclopedic overview

Elizabeth Mary Deignan MBE (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who last rode professionally for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. She was the 2015 World road race champion. She is regarded as the best British female road cyclist of her generation, scoring a total of 43 UCI race wins.

Deignan is also the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion and a twice winner of the season-long UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning the overall competition in 2014 and the final edition in 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race. She has won the British National Road Race Championships four times, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lizzie Deignan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.