Ella Maclean-Howell
Ella MacLean-Howell is a British mountain bike cross country cyclist and cyclo-cross competitor from Wales.
Early life
From Llantrisant in Wales, she rode as a youngster for Maindy Flyers and Cardiff J.I.F. She finished third in the girls under-16s race at the National Cyclo-Cross Championships in Gravesend in 2019. She competed at the 2022 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships, where she finished 5th in the junior race.Career
In February 2023, she finished sixteenth at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, in the Netherlands. In May 2023, she won third round of the National Cross-country Series in Winchester.She finished second in the senior race, and won the under-23 title, at the British National Cyclo-Cross Championships in January 2024.
In April 2024, she won the elite short track and Olympic title in the opening round of the National Cross-country Series in Kirroughtree.
Competing at the 2024 UEC European MTB Championships, Maclean-Howell won a silver medal in the women’s U23 XCC race in May 2024. At the same championship, she finished fourth place in the under-23 women’s Olympic cross-country race.
In June 2024, she was selected for the British team to compete in the cross-country race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
;2021–2022;2022–2023
;2023–2024
Mountain bike
;2022;2023
;2024