Kajsa Tylen is a

competitive Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

, record-breaking

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. On December 31, 2016, the Sweden-born cyclist living in Nottingham beat the 78-year-old standing Guinness World Record for the number of miles cycled in one year by a woman. The distance completed was 52,025.09 km (32,326 miles). The highest position prior to that was gained by

Billie Fleming Lilian Irene Bartram known as Billie Fleming and Billie Dovey (13 April 1914 – 12 May 2014), was a long-distance cyclist who set the woman's record for greatest distance cycled in a year in 1938 at . At the time of her death in 2014 she conti ...

in 1938. She cycled 29,604 miles (47,642 km) on 24 November, but continued cycling until the end of the year. Tylén cycled an average of 142,53 km per day between New Year's Day and New Year's Eve, 2016. She was also voted 2016 ''Total Women's Cycling'' Awards Unsung Hero.

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