Lori-Ann Muenzer (born May 21, 1966) is a

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track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

and gold medal winning athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Match Sprint. Muenzer was the first track cycling Olympic gold medallist in Canadian history. Born in

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, Muenzer attended

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. She won a silver medal at the 2001 World championships in Antwerp,

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in the 500m time trial and a bronze in the sprint, she won a silver at the 2000 World Championships in

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in the sprint, and a bronze medal at the 2004 world championships in

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, Australia in the sprint. Lori-Ann Muenzer is a
Order of Sport
recipient and was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

References

External links

Lori-Ann Muenzer's web site

1966 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Canadian people of German descent Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Toronto Canadian track cyclists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub