Caroline Ryan (born 10 October 1979) is an Irish former

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, and

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. Ryan won the bronze medal in the women's points race at the

2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the w ...

, Ireland's first medal at a senior track cycling world championship since

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took gold in 1896 and bronze in 1897. Ryan won the time trial at the

Irish National Cycling Championships The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycling races to decide the Irish cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider. The men's road championship is usually held on a Sunday at end of June; the wome ...

three times (2011, 2013 & 2014).

Major results

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at ''Cycling Quotient'' ;2010 : 1st Combes Conor Memorial ;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::3rd Road race : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

500m time trial ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

: 1st Stage 5

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: 7th

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

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(with

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& Sinéad Jennings) : 9th

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;2012 :

::3rd

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

::9th

;2013 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Individual pursuit, National Track Championships : 1st Dunsany GP : 1st Sorrento CC I.T.T. : 2nd Individual pursuit, 3 Jours d'Aigle : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Individual pursuit,

2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2013–2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the twenty-second series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 1 November ...

, Aguascalientes : 3rd Individual pursuit, International Belgian Open ;2014 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Omnium, Irish International Track GP ;2015 : 1st Individual pursuit, Irish International Track GP : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Points race, Belgian Xmas Meetings

References

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* * * 1979 births Living people Irish female cyclists Irish track cyclists Garda Síochána officers Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Ireland Police officers from County Kildare Sportspeople from County Kildare {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub