Crawford Carrick-Anderson (born 1970) is a Scottish former World Cup downhill mountainbiker and

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. He is profoundly

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. As a professional cyclist he raced UCI Downhill World Cups for the

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factory team, competed in the

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– classifying 9th overall in

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and 13th in

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Crawford Carrick-Anderson
Roots and Rain – finished in 2nd (1999) and 3rd (2000) in the

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Downhill discipline, and was Scottish champion five times. After retiring in 2005 he continued to compete strongly at national age-group levels in other off-road disciplines such as

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and Cyclo-cross. His children are also active in the sport; son Corran competed in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in

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and

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in the Junior Cross-Country and Team relay events. Originally from

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, Carrick-Anderson learned to ski in the

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and became the Scottish Junior Champion in

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. He subsequently spent six years on the British Ski Team, and claimed medals in the sport in several editions of the Winter

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. By the time he quit skiing at the age of 23, he was Britain's highest ranked Slalom Skier. His younger sister

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represented

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as an alpine skier at four

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. Carrick-Anderson purchased his first trials motorbike at the age of 12, and competed at National and International level.Crawford Carrick-Anderson
Scottish Enduros, 2005 Away from sport, he works as a sign maker and printer, based in

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.Couple sell superhero stickers to help NHS Borders
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carrick-Anderson, Crawford Scottish mountain bikers Scottish motorcycle racers Deaf sportspeople Scottish male cyclists Date of birth missing (living people) 1970 births Sportspeople from Dunblane Living people Scottish male alpine skiers Scottish deaf people