Michael Hepburn
Michael Hepburn (born 17 August 1991[1]) is an Australian track and road cyclist from Brisbane.[2] Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.[3][4]
Sporting achievements
Some of Hepburn's notable achievements include winning the Under 23 road race in the Australian Open Road Championships[5] (at just 18 years of age) and winning the teams pursuit in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.[6] He first truly caught the eye of the Australian cycling community back in 2009 when he broke the world record in the U19 3000m Individual Pursuit at the 2009 Australian Track Championships[7] before going on to break the same world record two more times to win at the 2009 Junior World Championships[8] in Russia. He recently competed at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the Individual pursuit and a gold in the Team pursuit.[9] For now, Hepburn has got his focus set on competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games and he was aiming to sign with a UCI Professional Continental team[10] sometime in the near future.
It was announced on 8 November 2011 that Hepburn would join the GreenEDGE team for their inaugural season in 2012.[11]
Career Highlights
- 2009
- Junior World Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit (World record)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st team pursuit, 2009–10 Track World Cup
- Junior National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit (World record)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Track time trial
- 1st team pursuit, Australian Youth Olympic Festival
- Tour of the Murray River
- 1st Stages 11 & 12
- 2010
- 1st Team pursuit World Track Championships
- National Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 4th Individual pursuit
- 4th Points race
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 1st Team Pursuit 2010/11 UCI Track World Cup, Melbourne
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 3rd Rogaland GP
- 2011
- World Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Stage 2 Glava Tour of Norway
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2nd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 3rd World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 2012
- London Olympic Games
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2013
- World Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Jens Mouris)
- 2014
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
References
- ↑ "Jayco-Skins team page". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ "AOC competitor profile: Michael Hepburn". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Hepburn wins Australian U23 road title". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ↑ "Three-man Australia win world team pursuit gold". SBS Cycling Central. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cadence Cycling. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ↑ "Cycling Australia Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ Michael Whiting. "Brookfield's Michael Hepburn wins gold". Westside News. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile: Michael Hepburn". Cadence Cycling. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ↑ "GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 8 November 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Michael Hepburn: Results". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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