Caroline Alexander Explained

Caroline Alexander
Fullname:Caroline Alexander
Birth Date:3 March 1968
Birth Place:Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Discipline:Road & MTB XC
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1991
Proteam1:Kona
Proyears2:1992
Proteam2:Raleigh
Proyears3:1993
Proteam3:Louis Garneau
Proyears4:1996
Proteam4:BMW-Klein
Proyears5:1998
Proteam5:Team Ritchey
Proyears6:1999
Proteam6:American Eagle
Proyears7:2001
Proteam7:Specialized MTB

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. 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

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Olympic Record: Caroline Alexander . British Olympic Association . 20 May 2008 . 25 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100225032651/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=245 . dead .
    2. Web site: Golden visions out of the blue . Turnbull . Simon . 6 July 1997 . independent.co.uk. 7 May 2018.
    3. Web site: British Cycling names World Road team . Rob Burgess . 19 September 2001 . UK Sport.
    4. Web site: GREAT BRITAIN CYCLING TEAM 2002 RESULTS . British Cycling . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040820144738/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2002/misc/11_gb_team_results.html . 20 August 2004 .
    5. Web site: Scotland's cyclists selected for Commonwealth Games . 19 June 2002 . Sport Scotland .
    6. Web site: 50 YEARS OF BRITISH CYCLING - THE NINETIES . 19 July 2022 .
    7. Web site: 50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame. British Cycling. 2009-12-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty. 20 December 2009. dmy-all.

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