Caroline Alexander
Personal information
Full nameCaroline Alexander
Born (1968-03-03) 3 March 1968
Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Team information
DisciplineRoad & MTB XC
RoleRider
Professional teams
1991Kona
1992Raleigh
1993Louis Garneau
1996BMW-Klein
1998Team Ritchey
1999American Eagle
2001Specialized MTB
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 ŠpindlerůvCross country
Silver medal – second place1991 La BourbouleCross country
Bronze medal – third place2000 RhenenCross country

Caroline Sarah J. Alexander (born 3 March 1968)[1] is a cross-country mountain biker and road cyclist born in Barrow-in-Furness. She was a swimmer as a child and did not cycle until she was 20. She first rode a bike in competition in a triathlon: she came second in the swimming and was fastest on the bike. She entered her first mountain bike race, which she won. Within a year she was one of the top three mountain-bike racers in the UK. She left her job as a draughtswoman in Barrow shipyards and became a full-time cyclist.[2]

She represented Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] She was a reserve for the British Cycling team at the 2001 UCI road world championships[3] Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002.[4] Alexander represented Scotland in the first mountain-bike event in the Commonwealth Games in 2002.[5]

She was the first British female mountain biker to win a UCI World Cup stage in 1997.[6]

Alexander retired from cycling in 2004. In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[7]

Major results

Alexander at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Špindlerův Mlýn in 1995.
1993
1st National XC Championships
2nd UEC European XC Championships
1994
1st National XC Championships
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
1995
1st UEC European XC Championships
1st National XC Championships
1996
1st Overall Mountain Bike Tour of Britain
1st 6 Stages
UCI XC World Cup
2nd Bromont
3rd Helen
1997
1st National XC Championships
UCI XC World Cup
1st Sankt Wendel
2nd Špindlerův Mlýn
1998
1st National CX Championships
2000
1st Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Sea Otter TT
2001
1st Overall Sea Otter Classic
2nd Overall UCI XC World Cup
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Durango
6th UCI World XC Championships
2002
1st National XC Championships
UCI XC World Cup
2nd Houffalize
5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
7th La Flèche Wallonne

References

  1. 1 2 "Olympic Record: Caroline Alexander". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (6 July 1997). "Golden visions out of the blue". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Rob Burgess (19 September 2001). "British Cycling names World Road team". UK Sport.
  4. ↑ "GREAT BRITAIN CYCLING TEAM 2002 RESULTS". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004.
  5. ↑ "Scotland's cyclists selected for Commonwealth Games". Sport Scotland. 19 June 2002.
  6. ↑ "50 YEARS OF BRITISH CYCLING - THE NINETIES". Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame". British Cycling. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009.


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