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 |
Amateuryears1: | |
Amateurteam1: | Cardiff Ajax CC |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]
Canlyniadau
- 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 GamesNotes and References
- Web site: Sally Hodge. British Olympic Association.
- 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.
- Web site: Wilcockson, John. "Yates retains British title." Times, 8 Aug. 1983, p. 22. Times Digital Archives.
- Web site: By a Correspondent, and John Wilcockson,. "Cycling." Times, 12 Aug. 1985, p. 17. Times Digital Archives.
- Web site: Profile and record. Cycling Archives.