Sport: Track Cyclist

Website:  www.emilyrosemond.com

Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/emily.rosemond

Hometown:  Cairns, Australia

Club:  Australia

Greatest sporting accomplishment: "Winter Olympic Games - Short Track, Bronze XIX Commonwealth Games - Track Cycling"

Starting motivation:  "Short Track - Always wanted to compete at a Winter Olympics Track Cycling - Try something different, go as far as I can go."

Greatest Sporting Influence:  Roger Federer 

Short term goals:  "Top 5 at World Championships 2011 - Keirin Be more sporadic, try some new things and keep the focus for life after sport alive"

Advice for young athletes:  "Follow your heart, not your head. Sport is supposed to be fun, when its not fun it's not sport."

Career Highlights of the past 2 years:

• Commonwealth Games 2010 - Bronze in the Sprint Oceanic Champion - Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint 2010 World Cup Silver - Cali, 2010 - Keirin World Cup Bronze - Beijing, 2010 - Team Sprint