Warren Carne Explained

Fullname:Warren James Carne
Nickname:Woz
Birth Date:14 October 1975
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Mountain bike racing
Ridertype:Cross-country cycling
Proyears1:2005 - 2007

Warren James Carne (born 14 October 1975) is a former Zimbabwean cyclist.

Early years

His family relocated to South Africa from Zimbabwe in the mid 1980s with Carne attending Potchefstroom Boys High. He graduated from the same class as the South African Boxer Sean Santana and Olympic 800 metre runner HezekiƩl Sepeng.[1]

Cycling career

During his early years, he ventured into time trialing on the road as a junior before shifting his focus to mountain biking. A noteworthy achievement during this time was his 12th-place finish at the 2005 Zimbabwean National XC Championships, which took place in Harare. Carne was a member of the Zimbabwe squad that competed at the inaugural 2007 UCI African Mountain Bike Championships[2] that were contested in Windhoek, Namibia. The championships also served as a qualifying event for the 2008 Summer Olympics and it was here that Carne's team mate Antipass Kwari created history by securing the country an entry for the Beijing[3] edition of the games. Zimbabwe up until that point had never competed at the Olympics in the mountain bike discipline before.[4]

Career highlights

2005

12th Zimbabwean National Mountain Bike Championships, Harare (ZIM)[6]

10th Gauteng & North Gauteng Interprovincial, Johannesburg (RSA)

2007

Member of the Zimbabwe cycling team that competed at the African Mountainbike Championship held in Windhoek (NAM)[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-19. Potchefstroom Boys High School Alumni. 2021-01-20. en-ZA.
  2. Web site: The world centre of cycling. Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 9 April 2019.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080530011354/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/21/content_8222226.htm "Zimbabwe preparations for Olympic Games gather momentum"
  4. https://www.velonews.com/news/mountain/zimbabwean-ready-to-make-history-in-olympic-mountain-bike-race/ "Zimbabwean ready to make history in Olympic mountainbike race"
  5. http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1310 "Tim Jones"
  6. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2005/oct05/zimbabwe05 "Kwari wins national mountainbike title in Harare"
  7. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb/?id=2007/jul07/africacc07 "Stander takes African crown"
  8. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/zimbabwe-aims-for-gold-at-african-mtb-champs/ "Zimbabwe aims for gold"