Anne Samplonius Explained

Anne Samplonius
Birth Date:February 11, 1968
Birth Place:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States[1]
Height:160cm (60inches)[2]
Weight:530NaN0
Discipline:Road cycling
Proyears1:1998
Proteam1:Quebec Air Transat[3]
Proyears2:2000
Proteam2:Saturn Cycling Team
Proyears3:2001
Proteam3:Intersport
Proyears4:2003
Proteam4:TDS
Proyears5:2007
Proteam5:Team Expresscopy.com
Proyears6:2009
Proteam6:Team Lip Smacker[4]
Proyears7:2011–2012
Proteam7:NOW and Novartis for MS[5] [6]

Anne Samplonius (born February 11, 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. 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. Samplonius also won the gold medal in the time trial at the 2007 Pan American Games.[7] She represented her nation at the 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[8] 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.[9] She also works as a cycling coach.

From at least 1992[10] to 2007,[11] she lived in Brampton.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anne Samplonius . . Trek Factory Racing. 19 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Anne Samplonius . . . 19 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Anne Samplonius . . Cycling Archives . 19 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Anne Samplonius . . . 19 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Phil Keoghan launches NOW and Novartis for MS women's team . Lukas . Sarah . 26 August 2011 . VeloNews. 19 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Farina leads NOW and Novartis for MS women's team in 2012 . . 2 February 2015 . . 19 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Canada racks up Pan Am medals; Cyclist Anne Samplonius wins gold . Ewing . Lori . 16 July 2007 . . 19 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194245/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2007/07/16/canada-racks-up-pan-am-medals-cyclist-anne-samplonius-wins-gold . 23 September 2015 . dead .
  8. Web site: Anne Samplonius. 7 February 2015. procyclingstats.com. December 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220090816/http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Anne_Samplonius. dead.
  9. Web site: Anne Samplonius . LinkedIn. 19 April 2015.
  10. "Ontario summer games: Local cyclists get golden ride", The Windsor Star, 24 August 1992, C5.
  11. "Games Glance", Toronto Star, 21 July 2007, S2.