Caroline Buchanan (born 24 October 1990) is an Australian

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who has won multiple world championships in

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and

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. She represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event.

Personal

Nicknamed Caro, Buchanan was born on 24 October 1990 in

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. She attended Duffy Primary School before going to high school at

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and Erindale College. In September 2016, Buchanan became engaged to American BMX rider Barry Nobles and they married in September 2018. Buchanan is tall and weighs . In late December, 2017, Buchanan was involved in an off-road vehicle accident. She suffered serious injuries, including a collapsed lung and spent time in an intensive care unit.

Cycling

Buchanan represents Australia in

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. She has been coached by

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since 2007. Her primary training base is on Queensland's Gold Coast. She has a cycling scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport. She is a member of the Tuggeranong Vikings BMX Club. She is 11× time Australian champion in BMX, in 2011 World Championships Buchanan won silver medal at time trial. She is also the 2009 and 2010 4-X Champion. She has earned the Australian Female Mountain bike rider of the year title three times. While Buchanan was one of the best Australian BMX riders in 2008, she was not eligible for the Olympics because of her age. Following the 2008 issue, she added mountain biking to her cycling disciplines. During 2012, Buchanan was focused on BMX and earning an Olympic spot in the discipline. In 2012, she won a round of the

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, becoming the first Australian woman to do so. She had the two fastest runs at the 2012 time trial event at the World Championships in Birmingham, England. In May 2012, she was ranked the number one women's BMX rider in the world. She was selected to represent Australia at the

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in the women's BMX event. In September 2013, Buchanan won the elite women's title at the UCI World Four Cross Championships in

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, Austria. She beat

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) the defending world champion. In July Buchanan also won the

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in New Zealand. In 2013, she won the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy for Australia's best all-round cyclist. She was the first person competing in BMX or mountain bike to win the award. In May 2016, Buchanan won the Elite Women's Time Trial at the World BMX Championships in Colombia and was second to

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in the Elite Women's BMX race. Buchanan qualified second in the seeding at the

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. However, she crashed during one of the semi-final rounds and did not qualify for the final. Since recovering from an accident in December 2017 she has started to compete in freestyle BMX events. In October 2019 she joined the Ride Concepts team. She is aiming to compete in BMX in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Results

;2009 : 1st Arc en ciel

UCI Four Cross World Championship ;2010 : 1st Arc en ciel

UCI Four Cross World Championship : 2nd BMX World Cup ;2011 : 2nd Elite Time Trial

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;2012 : 1st Arc en ciel

Elite Time Trial

: 1st BMX World Cup : 5th London Olympics BMX ;2013 : 1st Arc en ciel

UCI Four Cross World Championship : 1st Elite Arc en ciel

: 3rd Elite Time Trial

;2014 : 1st BMX World Cup : 1st MaillotAustralia