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]
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| Full name | Caroline Alexander | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1968 Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & MTB XC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991 | Kona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Raleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Louis Garneau | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | BMW-Klein | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Team Ritchey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | American Eagle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Specialized MTB | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
- 1993
- 1st
National XC Championships - 2nd
UEC European XC Championships - 1994
- 1st National XC Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
- 1995
- 1st
UEC European XC Championships - 1st National XC Championships
- 1996
- 1st Overall Mountain Bike Tour of Britain
- 1st 6 Stages
- UCI XC World Cup
- 1997
- 1st National XC Championships
- UCI XC World Cup
- 1st Sankt Wendel
- 2nd Špindlerův Mlýn
- 1998
- 1st 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 National XC Championships
- UCI XC World Cup
- 2nd Houffalize
- 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
References edit
- ^ a b "Olympic Record: Caroline Alexander". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
- ^ Turnbull, Simon (6 July 1997). "Golden visions out of the blue". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Rob Burgess (19 September 2001). "British Cycling names World Road team". UK Sport.
- ^ "GREAT BRITAIN CYCLING TEAM 2002 RESULTS". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004.
- ^ "Scotland's cyclists selected for Commonwealth Games". Sport Scotland. 19 June 2002.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "50 YEARS OF BRITISH CYCLING - THE NINETIES". Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame". British Cycling. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009.
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