Английская Википедия:Caroline Alexander
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox cyclist Caroline Sarah J. Alexander (born 3 March 1968)[1] is a cross-country mountain biker and road cyclist born in Barrow-in-Furness. She was a swimmer as a child and did not cycle until she was 20. She first rode a bike in competition in a triathlon: she came second in the swimming and was fastest on the bike. She entered her first mountain bike race, which she won. Within a year she was one of the top three mountain-bike racers in the UK. She left her job as a draughtswoman in Barrow shipyards and became a full-time cyclist.[2]
She represented Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] She was a reserve for the British Cycling team at the 2001 UCI road world championships[3] Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002.[4] Alexander represented Scotland in the first mountain-bike event in the Commonwealth Games in 2002.[5]
She was the first British female mountain biker to win a UCI World Cup stage in 1997.[6]
Alexander retired from cycling in 2004. In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[7]
Major results
- 1993
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National XC Championships
- 2nd Файл:Silver medal europe.svg UEC European XC Championships
- 1994
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National XC Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
- 1995
- 1st Файл:UEC Champion Jersey.svg UEC European XC Championships
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National XC Championships
- 1996
- 1st Overall Mountain Bike Tour of Britain
- 1st 6 Stages
- UCI XC World Cup
- 1997
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National XC Championships
- UCI XC World Cup
- 1st Sankt Wendel
- 2nd Špindlerův Mlýn
- 1998
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National CX Championships
- 2000
- 1st Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Sea Otter TT
- 2001
- 1st Overall Sea Otter Classic
- 2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
- 2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 3rd Durango
- 6th UCI World XC Championships
- 2002
- 1st Файл:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National XC Championships
- UCI XC World Cup
- 2nd Houffalize
- 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
References
Шаблон:British Cycling Hall of Fame
Шаблон:England-cycling-bio-stub
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- 1968 births
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- Scottish female cyclists
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
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