Sally Hodge Explained

Sally Hodge
Fullname:Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie
Birth Date:31 May 1966
Birth Place:Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Height:1.54m (05.05feet)
Weight:57kg (126lb)
Discipline:Road & Track
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
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Amateurteam1:Cardiff Ajax CC
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Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie (born 31 May 1966)[1] is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales.

Cycling career

She was the first ever women's points race world champion at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She represented Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[2] She won the bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

In addition to her international success she was a 13 times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships in 1983 and 1985,[3] [4] the British National Points Championships in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994, the British National Individual Pursuit Championships in 1987 and 1988 and the British National Individual Time Trial Championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988.[5]

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1983
  • 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
    1985
  • 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
  • 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
    1987
  • 1st British National Points Championships
  • 1st British National Individual Pursuit Championships
  • 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
  • 2nd British National Road Race Championships
    1988
  • 1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Points Race
  • 1st British National Points Championships
  • 1st British National Individual Pursuit Championships
  • 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
  • 2nd British National Road Race Championships
  • 9th Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's individual road race
    1989
  • 1st British National Points Championships
    1991
  • 1st British National Points Championships
    1992
  • 1st British National Points Championships
  • 45th Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
    1993
  • 1st British National Points Championships
    1994
  • 1st British National Points Championships
  • 3rd Points race, Commonwealth Games

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Sally Hodge. British Olympic Association.
    2. Sally Hodge Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/sally-hodge-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 July 2016.
    3. Web site: Wilcockson, John. "Yates retains British title." Times, 8 Aug. 1983, p. 22. Times Digital Archives.
    4. Web site: By a Correspondent, and John Wilcockson,. "Cycling." Times, 12 Aug. 1985, p. 17. Times Digital Archives.
    5. Web site: Profile and record. Cycling Archives.