Shanaze Reade

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Shanaze Reade
Personal information
Full name Shanaze Danielle Reade
Nickname Speady Ready
Date of birth September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23) (age 19)
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline Track & BMX
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Major wins
Team sprint world champion (2007, 2008)
Infobox last updated on:
30 March 2008
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
Track cycling
World Championships
Gold 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team Sprint
Gold 2008 Manchester Team Sprint
BMX racing
World Championships
Gold 2007 Victoria Elite women's race
Gold 2008 Taiyuan Elite women's race

Shanaze Reade (born 23 September 1988), from Crewe in Cheshire, is a British BMX and track cyclist. Her victories at junior level included three World, eight European and five British BMX championships. In July 2007 she became the Women's Senior UCI BMX World Champion.

At the 2007 UCI Track World Championships, in her first participation at a track world championships competition,[1] she won the gold in the women's team sprint with Victoria Pendleton.[2] On November 20, Reade was named The Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year.[3] At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, she again won the gold in the women's team sprint with Pendleton.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Baskett, Simon. "British track team set the gold standard", Reuters, 2007-04-03. Retrieved on 2007-04-03. 
  2. ^ Whittle, Jeremy. "Women sprinters quick to follow gold standard of Wiggins", The Times, 2007-03-30. Retrieved on 2007-04-03. 
  3. ^ Maul, Rob. "MCC Young Sportswoman of the Year.", Times Online, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2007-12-13. 

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