Manon Carpenter Explained

Manon Carpenter
Fullname:Manon Rose Carpenter
Birth Date:11 March 1993
Birth Place:
Currentteam:Radon Factory DH
Discipline:MTB
Role:Rider
Ridertype:DH
Proyears1:2011 - 2016
Proteam1:Madison Saracen
Majorwins: GBR DH National Champion
UCI DH World Champion Junior
UCI DH World Cup Champion Junior
UCI DH World Champion
UCI DH World Cup Champion

Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993)[1] is a Welsh, professional racing cyclist formerly specialising in downhill mountain bike racing.

Carpenter is from Caerphilly, South Wales.[2] She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who also ran a DH race series in South Wales. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in Manchester.[3]

In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the Junior UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2013, Manon came third in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2014 Manon took the world cup overall title and completed the season with the world championship at Hafjell earning the rainbow colour jersey.

She became a double world champion in 2014, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship and the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Downhill Series. She was also named Elite Cyclist of the Year at the USN Welsh Cycling Awards.

In November 2016 she announced that she was leaving Madison Saracen.

In August 2017 Carpenter announced her retirement from Downhill racing with immediate effect.[4]

Results

2011
  • 1st DH, Junior British National Mountain Biking Championships
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Junior, Champéry, France
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall Junior
    2012
  • 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Elite, Leogang, Austria
    2013
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall
    2014
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall
  • 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Hafjell, Norway
    2015
  • 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France
  • 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
  • DSQ* DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Leogang, Austria
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
  • 2nd DH UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Windham, New York, United States
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 7, Val di Sole, Italy
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall
  • 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Vallnord, Andorra
  • * Disqualified for leaving track & rejoining further down the track
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland
  • 3rd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 3, Llangollen, Wales
  • 2nd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 4, Bala, Wales
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 5, Moelfre, Wales
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 6, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Series Overall
    2016 - British Downhill Series
  • 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland
    2016 - UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Cairns, Australia
  • 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland
  • 5th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria
  • 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada[5]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Manon Carpenter Rider Profile. Madison. 4 January 2012.
    2. News: Caerphilly's world champion rider named Elite Cyclist of the Year at Welsh Cycling Awards. Caerphilly Observer. 30 October 2014 . 20 January 2015.
    3. Web site: Downhill bike world champion Manon Carpenter's dilemma. Gavin Thomas. BBC. 24 October 2011. 4 January 2012.
    4. Web site: Manon Carpenter Retires from DH Racing. 17 August 2017.
    5. Web site: Atherton wins World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne . . 7 August 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2016.

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