Alison Dunlap (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional cyclist. She won the world cross-country mountain bike championship in 2001 and two Mountain Bike World Cup races. She also won the

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on the road in 1996. Dunlap represented the United States in the road race at the

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and the cross-country mountain bike event at the

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Major achievements

* UCI Tissot Mountain Bike World Cup Champion (2002) * UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country (XC) World Champion (2001) * Olympic Games 2000: mountain bike, 7th * Olympic Games 1996: road race *

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: gold medallist (cross country): (1999) * 3x National cross-country champion: (1999, 2002, 2004) * 3x National short-track cross-country champion: (1999, 2002, 2004) * 6x National cyclo-cross champion: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003) * National Road and Omnium Collegiate champion: (1991) * U.S. Olympic Festival gold medallist (road race) (1993) * UCI Tissot World Cup: 2nd overall (2000) * 8x World Mountain Bike Championship: (1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004) * World Road Cycling Championships: 1993–94 (bronze), (1998–99) * World Cyclo-Cross Championships: 2004 (5th), 2002 (4th), 2000 (7th) * UCI World Cup wins (mtb): two (cross-country); one in cyclo-cross (2002) * Finished on the podium (top 5) in all UCI World Cup races (2000, 2002) * National race wins: eight (cross-country), fourteen (short-track cross-country) * Sea Otter Classic: 1st overall (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004); stage winner (1999–2004) * Hewlett Packard International

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(road) stage winner: (1993, 1996, 1997, 2001) * Redlands Cycling Classic (road) 1st overall, one stage win: (2000, 1996) * Tour of Willamette (road) 1st overall, two stage wins: (2001) * Iceman Cometh Challenge 1st place (2009)

Accolades

* Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2003) * VeloNews North American Female Cyclist of the Year (2002, 1999) * Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Female Athlete of the Year (2002) * Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Amateur Athlete of the Year (2001) * Colorado Sportswoman of the Year (2001) * Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph Athlete of the Year (2001) * Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee (2000). * Named to the Top Ten Greatest Colorado Female Athletes of All Time by the

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(1999) * U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete of the Month (June 1997, December 1999, - December 2000, September 2001) * USA Cycling's nominee for 1998, 1999 and 2001 USOC SportsWoman of the Year * USA Cycling's nominee for the 2001

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* Three-time VISA/USA Cycling Elite Mountain Bike Female Athlete of the Year (1997, 1998, 1999) * US Collegiate Road Champion (1991) and Overall Omnium Champion (1991)

Education

Dunlap was the 1987

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. She gained a bachelor's degree in biology in 1991 at

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Personal life

Dunlap was born in

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, and is married to the cyclist Greg Frozley. She has a child, Emmett, born on October 26, 2010.

References

External links

Alison Dunlap's web site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunlap, Alison 1969 births Living people American female cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the United States Sportspeople from Denver UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women) Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States American mountain bikers American cyclo-cross champions Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century American women Cyclo-cross cyclists 20th-century American women