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Cycling At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's Road Race
The Women's road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ..., as part of the cycling programme, was held on 3 August 2014. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Women's road race Women's road race 2014 in women's road cycling Road cycling at the Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Green
Glasgow Green is a park in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde. Established in the 15th century, it is the oldest park in the city. It connects to the south via the St Andrew's Suspension Bridge. History In 1450, King James II granted the parkland to Bishop William Turnbull and the people of Glasgow. The Green then looked quite different from the Green today. It was an uneven, swampy area made up of several distinct "greens" (separated by the Camlachie and Molendinar Burns): the High Green; the Low Green; the Calton Green; and the Gallowgate Green. In the centuries that followed, the parkland was used for grazing, washing and bleaching linen, drying fishing nets, and recreational activities like swimming. In 1732, Glasgow’s first ''steamie'', called ''the Washhouse'', opened on the banks of the Camlachie Burn. From 25 December 1745 to 3 January 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie's army camped in ''Flesher's Haugh'' (privately owned at the time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Roberts
Amy Rose Roberts (born 24 December 1994) is a Welsh racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Career Born in Llanelli, Roberts was brought up in Pontyberem. She attended Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen. Roberts took up triathlon at the age of 14, she joined the Towy Riders cycling club to improve her cycling skills and within a year of doing so had become the Under-16 Welsh National Cyclo-cross Champion. Roberts was part of British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team. Roberts represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, competing in the time trial, individual pursuit, scratch and points race. Personal life Roberts' younger sister Jessica Roberts is also a professional cyclist, who won the 2018 British National Road Race Championships. Major results ;2010 : National Track Championships ::1st Youth Points race ::3rd Junior Scratch ::3rd Youth Individual pursuit ::3rd Youth 500m time trial ;2011 :3rd Junior National Cyclo-cross Championships ;2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Hosking
Chloe Hosking (born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Hosking has represented Australia at junior and then senior levels since 2007. Following success in a number of international events she turned professional in 2010. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, and won the women's road race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Personal life Childhood and early life Hosking was born in Bendigo, Victoria, and moved to the suburb of Campbell in the Australian Capital Territory. As a child she played field hockey and did rock climbing at a national level, however following an injury she asked her father, a keen cyclist, to help get her into cycling. She began cycling competitively in 2002 at the age of twelve, and first represented Australia in 2007 at the age of seventeen. Hosking started as a track cyclist, but changed her focus to road racing events in 2007. She now specialises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Glaesser
Jasmin Duehring (née Glaesser; born July 8, 1992) is a German-born Canadian cyclist, who currently rides for American amateur team . Duehring was part of the Canadian team that won bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's team pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in the team pursuit. Career Duehring took up cycling in 2009 when seeking a lower-impact sport after suffering hip injuries as a runner whilst at Terry Fox Secondary School. Glaesser also participated in ballet and figure skating whilst growing up. Her first competition for Canada was at the 2011 Pan American Games where she won gold for her new nation. Duehring then appeared for Canada at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, there she won a silver in the points race before adding a bronze as a member of the team pursuit. She built onto this the next season, where she finished in preparation for the Olympics second in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamiko Butler
Tamiko Butler (born 4 January 1991) is a triathlon, triathlete and former road bicycle racing, road cyclist from Antigua and Barbuda. She became Antigua and Barbuda national road champion 2009 national road cycling championships, in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014. She represented her nation at the 2011 Pan American Games in the Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road race, road race and Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road time trial, time trial and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's road race, road race, Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's individual pursuit, individual pursuit, Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's points race, points race and Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's scratch race, scratch race. She also competed at the 2015 Pan American Games. She was named as Antigua and Barbuda's sportswoman of the year in 2011. Major results Source: ;200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Neill
Gemma or GEMMA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gemma (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Gemma (surname), includes a list of people with the name Science and technology Biology * Gemma (botany), an asexual reproductive structure in plants and fungi * A monotypic genus of the Veneridae family of saltwater clams ** ''Gemma gemma'', the type species * A bud-like appendage in ants of the ''Diacamma'' genus Other uses in science and technology * Walter Gemma, a radial aero engine manufactured by Walter Aircraft Engines in the early 1930 * Gas phase electrophoretic molecular mobility analysis (GEMMA), a chemical analysis technique * Gemma, the traditional name for the binary star Alpha Coronae Borealis * Gemma, an Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed by Limor Fried Ships * Italian submarine ''Gemma'' * , a Dutch coastal tanker lost in 1951 * , a German cargo ship in service during 1928 Other uses * Gemma (organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An-Li Kachelhoffer
An-Li Kachelhoffer (née Pretorius; born 16 August 1987) is a South African former road cyclist. She participated at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In 2016, she won the South African National Road Race Championships. She represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's road race in which she finished 39th with a time of 4:01:29. Major results ;2007 : 9th 947 Cycle Challenge ;2009 : 9th 947 Cycle Challenge ;2010 : 9th 947 Cycle Challenge ;2011 : 8th Road race, Summer Universiade ;2012 : African Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Road race : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2013 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : African Road Championships ::4th Road race ::5th Time trial ;2014 : 6th 947 Cycle Challenge ;2015 : African Road Championships ::1st Team time trial ::4th Road race : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : KZN Autumn Series ::2nd Freedom Day Classic ::3rd Hibiscus Cycle Classic : 8th Overall Tour Cycli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Boylan
Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race, 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race. She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She has competed for the and teams during her career. Personal life Outside of cycling, Boylan is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ... in 2008 and a master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kenny
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a British track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history. Her husband, fellow British track cyclist Sir Jason Kenny, holds the same national and Olympic achievement on the male side, and together they are the most successful married couple in Olympic history where both spouses have won at least one gold medal (with 12 gold and three silver medals between them). Since first appearing at the European Track Championships in 2010, she has won seven World Championship, 14 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Garner
Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the , and teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012. Career Early life Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club. Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels. Amateur career Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line. A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Christian
Anna Elizabeth Christian (born 6 August 1995) is a Manx racing cyclist, who currently rides for More Stories Tomorrow. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Christian became British Junior Road Race Champion in 2013. In October 2014 it was announced that she would join the team in 2015. She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Mark Christian. At the 2017 Tour of Wolds, which was part of the National Women's road series, Christian finished second. In 2017 she won the inaugural women's under-23 British National Time Trial Championships on home soil on the Isle of Man. Major results ;2013 : 1st Road race, National Under–18 Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ..., National Under–23 Road Championships : 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shara Gillow
Shara Gillow (born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the , , and teams. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race. Personal Gillow was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland. Her father David Gillow is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She attended Nambour Christian College then was home schooled and obtained a Bachelor of Language from Western Sydney Institute. , she lives in Belli, Queensland. Beyond cycling, Gillow is also a surfer. Cycling Gillow is a road cyclist. Her events are the Road Race and Individual Time Trial. She did not become a professional cyclist until she was twenty years old, taking inspiration from her father to get involved with the sport. Gillow has been coached by Martin Barras since 2010. Her coach said "Gillow was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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