Английская Википедия:Amanda Coker

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Amanda Coker (born 1992, in North Carolina) is an American ultra-cyclist and the current record holder of the World Endurance record for distance in a calendar year.

Career

Coker first began riding alongside her father, Ricky, as a teenager, and found success as a racer, placing sixth in the time trial at the junior national championships in 2010. She later enrolled at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado as part of a collegiate cycling programs.[1]

In 2011 Coker was hit by a distracted motorist. The crash threw her Шаблон:Convert and knocked her unconscious, leaving her with brain and spinal injuries.[1] After recovering, she resumed cycling in 2015.[2]

On 15 May 2016 Coker began an attempt to set a new record for distance covered over the course of a year. Riding a course in Flatwoods Park in Tampa Bay she rode Шаблон:Convert a day on average. After 130 days of riding she had covered Шаблон:Convert, beating Billie Fleming's female record of Шаблон:Convert which had stood since 1938.[3][4] In April 2017 she surpassed the previous overall record of Шаблон:Convert set by Kurt Searvogel.[2] In May 2017 she completed the year, setting a new record of Шаблон:Convert,[4] beating the previous record by over Шаблон:Convert.[1] During the attempt, her longest ride in a single day was Шаблон:Convert, completed on the penultimate day.[4]

After setting the new record, Coker continued cycling, seeking to break the record for the shortest time to cover Шаблон:Convert. For 77 years that record was held by Tommy Godwin, who set off on January 1939 and reached the Шаблон:Convert mark in May 1940, after 500 days of cycling.[4] On July 11, 2017, Coker reached Шаблон:Convert, after 423 days of cycling.[5]

On October 23, 2021, Coker set a new road record of 512.506 miles (824.8 km) in 24 hours, and became the first woman to break Шаблон:Convert in 24 hours riding solo. During the record attempt, she also broke 10 other WUCA/Guinness World records for other various durations and distances.[6][7]

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