Manon Carpenter
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| Full name | Manon Rose Carpenter | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 March 1993 Wales United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Madison Saracen | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | MTB | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
| Rider type | DH,4X, Dual Slalom, Gravity Enduro | |||||||||||||||
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| 2011– | Madison Saracen | |||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||
GBR DH National Champion UCI DH World Champion UCI DH World Cup Junior Champion | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993)[1] is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bike racing, riding for the Madison Saracen Downhill team.
She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who is also her coach. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in Manchester.[2]
In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall.
Palmarès
- 2011
- 1st DH, Junior British National Mountain Biking Championships
- 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Junior, Champéry, France
- 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall Junior
- 2012
- 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
- 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Elite, Leogang, Austria
- 2013
- 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland
References
- ↑ "Manon Carpenter Rider Profile". Madison. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ↑ Gavin Thomas (24 October 2011). "Downhill bike world champion Manon Carpenter's dilemma". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
External links
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