Alessandra Keller (born 27 January 1996) is a Swiss mountain biker competing in cross country.
.jpg) Keller in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 January 1996 Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Keller was born in 1996.[1] She lives in the municipality of Ennetbürgen in the canton of Nidwalden.[2]
Alongside Jolanda Neff, she won the 2016 Swiss Epic, a mountain bike stage race.[3] Aged 22 and still eligible to compete in the U23 category, she won the world cup race in Vallnord, Andorra, Short Track Cross-Country race in the elite class.[4] In the cross country, she won the 2018 World Championship in the U23.[2]
Keller has been Swiss cross-country champion four times: 2012 in the U17 category, 2013 in the U19 category, 2018 in the U23 category, and in 2022 in the elite class.[5][6] She won silver at the 2022 MTB short track world championships in Les Gets, France, behind Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.[7]
Major results edit
Cyclo-cross edit
- 2021–2022
- 1st
National Championships - 1st Meilen
- 2022–2023
- 1st National Championships
- Swiss Cup
- 2nd Hittnau
- 2023–2024
- 1st National Championships
Mountain bike edit
- 2013
- 1st
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships - 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- UCI Junior XCO World Cup
- 1st Vallnord
- 3rd
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships - 2014
- 1st
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships - 2015
- 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 2nd Albstadt
- 2nd Val di Sole
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Swiss Epic (with Jolanda Neff) - 3rd
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 2017
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 2nd
Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships - 2018
- 1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Vallnord
- 3rd Val di Sole
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Monte Tamaro
- 1st Schaan
- 2nd Solothurn
- 2nd Gränichen
- 2nd Lugano
- 3rd Overall Swiss Epic (with Kathrin Stirnemann)
- 2019
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Monte Tamaro
- 2nd Basel
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 2nd Vallnord
- 2020
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 2nd Gstaad
- 2021
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 2nd Savognin
- 2022
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st
Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Snowshoe
- 3rd Lenzerheide
- 5th Albstadt
- 5th Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Vallnord
- 2nd Lenzerheide
- 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 3rd Val di Sole
- Ökk Bike Revolution
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Gstaad
- 2nd
Short track, UCI World Championships - Copa Catalana Internacional
- 2nd Banyoles
- 5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 2023
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Short track
- 1st
- Ökk Bike Revolution
- Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Basel
- 2nd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Vallnord
- 2nd Nové Město
- 2nd Lenzerheide
- 3rd Les Gets
- 5th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 2nd Vallnord
- 3rd Lenzerheide
- 5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 2024
- Swiss Bike Cup
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 3rd Mairiporã
References edit
- ^ "Alessandra Keller". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b Platter, Martin (8 September 2018). "Alessandra Keller trotzt dem Druck: Nidwaldnerin ist U23-Weltmeisterin" [Alessandra Keller defies the pressure: Nidwaldnerin is U23 world champion]. Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "3. Perskindol Swiss Epic". race|result. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Bikerin Keller schreibt mit Weltcup-Sieg Geschichte" [Biker Keller writes history with World Cup victory]. Blick (in German). 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Schweizermeisterschaften MTB Cross Country" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Cycling. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Keller zum Ersten, Flückiger zum Dritten" [Keller for the first, Flückiger for the third]. Swiss Cycling (in Swiss German). 5 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Gwendalyn Gibson scores breakout bronze for USA at MTB short track world championships". Velo News. 27 August 2022.
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