Michelle Mills-Vorster (born 12 September 1978 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a Namibian

cross-country cyclist Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics. Terrain Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on wh ...

Career

She is the first ever Namibian female to qualify for the Olympic Cross Country event and competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the women's cross country race. Vorster also qualified and competed in the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

in Gold Coast, Australia. She competed in the Elite Road and Cross Country Olympic events. She finished in 8th position in the Cross Country Olympic event, the highest position by any Namibian cyclist to date. Vorster is also an African Continental Champion (2017) and multiple Namibian National Champion title holder in Mountain Bike Cross Country Olympic and Marathon cycling.

Major results

;2015 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd Silver medal africa

Team time trial,

African Road Championships The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa where the African cyclists decide who will be the champion for the year to come. They have been held since 2001. Editions Men Road Race ...

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 3rd Bronze medal africa

Cross-country,

African Mountain Bike Championships The Union Cycliste Internationale African Mountain Bike Championships (French Language, French : Championnat d'Afrique de VTT) is the highest echelon of Mountain Bike racing on the African continent. First held in 2007 at Windhoek, Namibia the ev ...

: 6th Time trial, African Games ;2016 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Bronze medal africa

Cross-country,

;2017 : 1st Gold medal africa

Cross-country,

: 1st

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships ;2018 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th

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, Commonwealth Games ;2019 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2020 : 1st MaillotNamibiaChampion

Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vorster, Michelle 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Windhoek White Namibian people Namibian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Namibia Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia Competitors at the 2015 African Games African Games competitors for Namibia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Namibian women 21st-century Namibian women