Alexandra Lisney Explained

Alexandra Lisney
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Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:2 July 1987
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Residence:Sydney, Australia
Country:Australia
Sport:Cycling
Disability Class:C4
Club:Manly Warringah Cycling Club
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Alexandra Lisney (née Green; born 2 July 1987) is an Australian rower and cyclist. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She represented Australian at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Green was born ten weeks premature on 2 July 1987 in Sydney, Australia. She has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of her body., she lives in Sydney, Australia and was a student at the University of New South Wales, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. She is employed as a structural engineer.[2] She was married in September 2015.

Adaptive rowing

Lisney took up adaptive rowing in 2008 following an Australian Paralympic Committee talent search event. She went on to make the national team within one year of participating in the sport[3] with her first appearance at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poland.

Cycling

Lisney is a C4 classified cyclist,[4] and a member of Manly Warringah Cycling Club. She took up the sport in 2010. That year, at the NSW Track State Championships, she finished first in the C3 individual pursuit. She first represented Australia in 2011. Green won the bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2011UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy. At the 2011 Sydney hosted World Cup, she finished second in the women's 53.7 km C4 road race.[5] In 2012, she participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where she finished first in the C4 women's 3000m Individual Pursuit earning her a gold medal and the world champion's striped jersey. Alex also finished fourth in the 500m Time Trial and sixth in the C4/C5 women's scratch race.[6]

She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling.[7] In the lead up to the Paralympics, she participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.[8] [9] At the 2012 Summer ParalympicsLisney participated in the Women's Road Race C4-5, Women's Time Trial C4, Women's 500m Time Trial C4-5 and Women's Individual Pursuit C4 – winning a bronze in the Individual Pursuit.[10] Competing at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, she won a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4.[11]

At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Nottwil, Switzerland, she won the silver medal in the Women's Time Trial C4 and finished fifth in the Women's Road Race C4.[12] [13] At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4.[14]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she competed in four events. Her best results were fourth in the Women's Road Time Trial C4 and seventh in the Women's Road Race C4-5.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Walsh . Scott . Five-time gold medallist Kieran Modra facing unusual 'first' in storied Paralympics career . 31 May 2016 . Adelaide Advertiser . 30 May 2016 . 7 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407173424/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/olympics/fivetime-gold-medallist-kieran-modra-facing-unusual-first-in-storied-paralympics-career/news-story/7e1e7a1af995bbefdb638a562fbac6c3 . live .
  2. Web site: Alexandra Lisney . Australian Paralympic Committee website . 2 June 2016 . 11 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811033021/https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/alexandra-lisney/ . live .
  3. Web site: Today 21°C Tonight 7°C . Paralympians to converge on Blacktown . Blacktown Advocate . 2010-05-27 . 2012-08-14.
  4. Web site: Alexandra Green . Cycling Australia . 2012-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816034003/http://www.cycling.org.au/?ID=41650 . 16 August 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Aussie cyclists win gold at Eastern Creek . Wwos.ninemsn.com.au . 2012-08-14 . https://archive.today/20121230131104/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8245354 . 30 December 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Para-Cyclones Golden Finish to Worlds Campaign . International Business Times . 2012-02-16 . 2012-08-14 . https://archive.today/20130103190940/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/299474/20120216/para-cyclones-golden-finish-worlds-campaign-au.htm%23.UCo3VaMy1LY . 3 January 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Alexandra Green . Australian Paralympic Committee . Australia . 2012 . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712100118/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/alexandra-green-0 . 12 July 2012 .
  8. Web site: Nigel Wynn . GB and Australian Paralympic squads warm up at Blenheim Palace | Latest News . 19 July 2012 . Cycling Weekly . 2012-08-14 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825172358/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533973/gb-and-australian-paralympic-squads-warm-up-at-blenheim-palace.html . live .
  9. Web site: Preview: Bike Blenheim Palace . British Cycling . 2012-08-14 . 18 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120818014842/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/sportives/article/spor20120813-cyclo-sportive-Preview--Bike-Blenheim-Palace-0 . live .
  10. Web site: Alexandra Lisney . Paralympic.org . . 6 October 2012.
  11. Web site: Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation . Cycling Australia News . 14 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415120020/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/ArtMID/2922/ArticleID/7523/Australia-finishes-Para-Track-Worlds-as-top-nation . 15 April 2014 . dead .
  12. Web site: Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships . Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015 . 2 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311063039/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/cooke-and-bridgwood-claim-gold-at-uci-para-cycling-road-world-championships . 11 March 2016 . dead .
  13. Web site: Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds . Cycling Australia News, 2 August . 2 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212414/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/Para-cycling/alistair-donohoe-defends-world-title-at-para-cycling-road-worlds . 23 September 2015 . dead .
  14. Web site: Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three . Cycling Australia News . 20 March 2016 . 20 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161026163938/http://www.cycling.org.au/Home/gallagher-gold-headlines-six-medal-haul-on-day-three-1 . 26 October 2016 . dead .
  15. Web site: Alexandra Lisney . Rio Paralympics Official site . 15 November 2016 . 15 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161115132445/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/alexandra-lisney . live .

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