Caroline Alexander
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Caroline Alexander is a cross country mountain biker and road cyclist born in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire
. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
. She was a reserve for the British Cycling
team at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships
Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002. Alexander represented Scotland
in the first mountain bike event in the Commonwealth Games
in 2002.
Alexander retired from cycling in 2004. In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame
.
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. She was a reserve for the British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...
team at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002. Alexander represented Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in the first mountain bike event in the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
in 2002.
Alexander retired from cycling in 2004. In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame
British Cycling Hall of Fame
The British Cycling Hall of Fame was established in 2009 as part of British Cycling's 50th anniversary celebrations.On 17 December 2009, the names of fifty riders to be inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame were announced...
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Palmarès
1993- 1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
- 2nd European Cross Country Championships
1994
- 1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
1995
- 1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
- 1st European Cross Country Championships
1996
- 1st Mountain Bike Tour of Britain & six stage wins
- 5th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 1 - Lisbon, Portugal
- 4th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 2 - Houffalize, Belgium
- 4th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 3 - St. Wendel, Germany
- 3rd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 4 - Helen, GA
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Bromont, QuebecBromont, QuebecBromont is a city in southwestern Quebec in Canada, 75 kilometres east of Montreal on Autoroute 10, bordering the Eastern Townships at the base of Mount Brome . The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 6,049....
1997
- 1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
- 16th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 1st UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 3 - St Wendel, Germany
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic
1998
- 1st British National Cyclo-cross ChampionshipsBritish National Cyclo-cross ChampionshipsThe British National Cyclo-cross Championships are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other cyclo-cross events in the country to show their status as national champion...
1999
- 10th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
2000
- 1st Redlands Bicycle Classic - stage 3 (66 mile road race)
- 2nd British National Road Race ChampionshipsBritish National Road Race ChampionshipsThe British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
- 2nd Sea Otter TT, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- 5th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Sarentino, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
2001
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 3rd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - DurangoDurangoDurango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...
, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, USA - 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 8 - Mont-Sainte-AnneMont-Sainte-AnneMont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in the city of Beaupré, Quebec, Canada, located about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain has a summit elevation of 800 metres above sea level and a vertical drop of 625 m . There are 66 trails covering on three different sides of the mountain...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- 3rd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Durango
- 6th UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
- 1st Sea Otter Classic Overall
2002
- 1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 2 - Houffalize, Belgium
- 5th MTB XC 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne Féminine began in 1998 as a women's road race was held in conjunction with the men's race. From the following year onwards, the women's La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. The women raced the same course, but did one less circuit.-Past...