Alexandra Manly (born 28 February 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who joined the Women's WorldTour team Team Jayco–AlUla in 2022. She also rode for Mitchelton–Scott between 2015 and 2019.[5]
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| Full name | Alexandra Manly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 February 1996 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | Central Districts CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2019 | Orica–AIS[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manly qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the Women's pursuit team. The team, consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, and Maeve Plouffe in addition to Manly, finished fifth.[6]
Manly was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, but now lives in South Australia. Before taking up cycling, Manly had previously tried basketball, cross country running, netball, hockey, tennis, javelin, and steeple chase.[7][8]
Major results edit
Road edit
- 2013
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- Oceania Junior Championships
- 2nd
Time trial - 2nd Road race
- 2nd
- UCI Junior World Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 8th Road race
- 3rd
- 2014
- Oceania Junior Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2015
- Oceania Road Championships
- 2nd Under-23 time trial
- 2nd Under-23 road race
- 5th Time trial
- 8th Road race
- 2nd
- 2017
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 2018
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 2022
- 1st Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 6
- 3rd Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Scandinavia
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall The Women's Tour
- 10th Brabantse Pijl
- 2023
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
Track edit
- 2013
- 1st Team pursuit (with Samantha Fromentein & Stacey Riedel), National Junior Championships
- 2014
- UCI Junior World Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 1st
- 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2015
- 1st Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, Oceania Championships
- 1st Madison, National Championships
- 2017
- 1st Team pursuit, National Championships
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison
- 2nd
- 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 2nd Madison
- 1st
- 2019
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 1st Points race, UCI World Championships
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM IMPRESS IN FIRST WORLD TOUR RACE". Cycling Australia. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Manly, Alexandra (14 June 2016). "Diary of a rookie on the road". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Jary, Rachel (29 June 2022). "'A New Focus' – Bike Exchange-Jayco's Alexandra Manly on How She Wwnt From Track Specialist to Stage Winner". Rouleur. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Rider Profiles > Alexandra Manly". Cycling Australia. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Reece Homfray (23 August 2013). "SA cyclists Tom Kaesler and Alexandra Manly off to the World Junior Road Cycling Championships in Italy". Mitcham & Hills Messenger. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Manly, Alex. "About Alexandra Manly". Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandra Manly.
- Alexandra Manly at UCI
- Alexandra Manly at Cycling Archives
- Alexandra Manly at ProCyclingStats
- Alexandra Manly at Cycling Quotient
- Alexandra Manly at CycleBase
- Alexandra Manly at Olympedia
