Michelle Vorster Explained

Michelle Vorster
Fullname:Michelle Vorster
Birth Date:12 September 1978
Birth Place:Windhoek, Namibia
Role:Rider

Michelle Mills-Vorster (born 12 September 1978 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a Namibian cross-country cyclist. She is the first ever Namibian female to qualify for the Olympic Cross Country event and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's cross country race. Vorster also qualified and competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. She competed in the Elite Road and Cross Country Olympic events. She finished in 8th position in the Cross Country Olympic event, the highest position by any Namibian cyclist to date.

Vorster is also an African Continental Champion (2017) and multiple Namibian National Champion title holder in Mountain Bike Cross Country Olympic and Marathon cycling.[1] [2]

Major results

2015
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
  • 2nd Team time trial, African Road Championships
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships
  • 6th Time trial, African Games
    2016
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships
    2017
  • 1st Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
    2018
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
    2019
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
    2020
  • 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Michelle Vorster . Rio 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829014154/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/michelle-vorster . 29 August 2016 . dead .
    2. Web site: Women's Cross-country – Standings . Rio 2016 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160823115835/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-mountain-bike-standings-cm-womens-cross-country . 23 August 2016 . dead .