Kimberley Wells

Kimberley Wells (born 18 July 1985) is an Australian racing cyclist,[5] who has represented Australia in the United States,[6] Middle East and Europe. Outside of professional cycling, Wells is a medical doctor working at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), as a medical specialist sports physician with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. She obtained her medical degree after six years in far North Queensland through the rural, remote, indigenous and tropical health focus at James Cook University.

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Kimberley Wells

Wells after winning her 2nd national title in Ballarat (January 2015)
Personal information
Born	(1985-07-18) 18 July 1985 (age 38) Coonamble, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter[1]
Amateur teams
2012	Specialized Women SA
2013–2014	Specialized Securitor & Roxsolt
2015	High 5 Dream Team[2]
2017–2018	Holden Women's Racing
Professional teams
2013	Team Fearless Femmes[3]
2014	Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
2016	Colavita/Bianchi[4]
Major wins
Australian National Criterium Championships 2013 & 2015

Wells was a talented road sprinter and prolific winner.[7][8] Wells was coached by the 2004 Athens Olympics road race Gold Medalist, Sara Carrigan.[9] She took up cycling seriously at university in 2003 after previously competing at a State level in Cricket and Soccer. Wells successfully completed the Australian Institute of Sport SAS selection camp to win her position within the Australian cycling team on tour in Europe.[10] She was the 2015 Amy Gillett Foundation scholarship holder; the scholarship aspiring to honour Amy’s memory by supporting young women to the same pursuit of sporting and academic excellence.[11] Wells has won two Australian National Criterium titles, her second coming after a coming back from a difficult year of illness and injury.[12]