Anne Samplonius

Anne Samplonius
Personal information
Born (1968-02-11) 11 February 1968
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States[1][2]
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)[2]
Team information
Discipline Road cycling
Professional team(s)
1998 Quebec Air Transat[3]
2000 Saturn Cycling Team[3]
2001 Intersport[3]
2003 TDS[3]
2007 Team Expresscopy.com[3]
2009 Team Lip Smacker[4]
2011–2012 NOW and Novartis for MS[5][6]

Anne Samplonius (born 11 February 1968) is a road cyclist from Canada. She was born in the United States, has lived most of her life in Canada, and is a citizen of both countries. Samplonius graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor's degree in Recreational Administration in 1992.[7] She was a silver medallist in the time trial at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships, and was a double winner of the Canadian National Time Trial Championships.[1] Samplonius also won the gold medal in the time trial at the 2007 Pan American Games.[8] She represented her nation at the 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[9] She competed in 12 World Championships during her career, and retired from racing at the end of 2012. Following her retirement Samplonius joined Trek Factory Racing as their content manager in November 2013, after working as online digital editor for the RusVelo team in 2012.[1][7] She also works as a cycling coach.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anne Samplonius". Trek Factory Racing. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Anne Samplonius". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anne Samplonius". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Anne Samplonius". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Lukas, Sarah (26 August 2011). "Phil Keoghan launches NOW and Novartis for MS women’s team". VeloNews. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Farina leads NOW and Novartis for MS women's team in 2012". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Anne Samplonius". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Ewing, Lori (16 July 2007). "Canada racks up Pan Am medals; Cyclist Anne Samplonius wins gold". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Anne Samplonius". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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