Caroline Alexander

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Caroline Alexander
Personal information
Full name Caroline Alexander
Date of birth August 10, 1964 (1964-08-10) (age 43)
Country Flag of Scotland Scotland
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline Road & MTB XC
Role Rider
Professional team(s)


1996
1998
1999
2001
Raleigh
Louis Garneau
BMW-Klein
Team Ritchey
American Eagle
Specialized MTB
Infobox last updated on:
20 May 2008

Caroline Alexander (born 3 March 1968)[1] is a Scottish cross country mountain biker and road cyclist who has represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] She was selected as a reserve for the British Cycling team at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships[2] Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002.[3] Alexander represented Scotland in the Mountain Biking event the first time it was ever introduced to the Commonwealth Games in 2002.[4] Alexander retired from cycling in 2004.

[edit] Palmarès

1993
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
2nd British National Road Race Championships
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
2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Bromont, Quebec
3rd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 4 - Helen, GA
4th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 3 - St. Wendel, Germany
4th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 2 - Houffalize, Belgium
5th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 1 - Lisbon, Portugal
1997
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
4th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
1st UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round ?
1998
1st British National Cyclo-cross Championships
1999
5th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
2000
2nd British National Road Race Championships
2nd Sea Otter TT, Australia
5th UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Sarentino, Italy
2001
2nd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
3rd UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round 5 - Durango, Colorado, USA
6th UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
2002
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships XC
5th MTB XC 2002 Commonwealth Games
7th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Olympic Record: Caroline Alexander. British Olympic Association.
  2. ^ Rob Burgess (19 September 2001). British Cycling names World Road team. UK Sport.
  3. ^ GREAT BRITAIN CYCLING TEAM 2002 RESULTS. British Cycling.
  4. ^ Scotland's cyclists selected for Commonwealth Games. Sport Scotland (19 June 2002).