Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993) is a Welsh, professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

formerly specialising in

downhill Downhill may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse * ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...

mountain bike racing Mountain bike racing (shortened MTB or ATB racing) is the competitive cycle sport discipline of mountain biking held on off-road terrain. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the discipline relatively late in 1990, when it sanction ...

. Carpenter is from Caerphilly, South Wales. She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who also ran a DH race series in South Wales. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

. In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the Junior

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The first World Cup series – which was composed of cross-country events – was held in 1989. The Downhill W ...

overall. In 2013, Manon came third in the

overall. In 2014 Manon took the world cup overall title and completed the season with the world championship at Hafjell earning the rainbow colour jersey. She became a double world champion in 2014, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship and the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Downhill Series. She was also named Elite Cyclist of the Year at the USN Welsh Cycling Awards. In November 2016 she announced that she was leaving Madison Saracen. In August 2017 Carpenter announced her retirement from Downhill racing with immediate effect.

Results

;2011 :1st DH, Junior

British National Mountain Biking Championships The British Mountain Biking National Championships are organized by British Cycling, and the winner has the right to wear the national champion's jersey for the following year. The races are only open to riders of British nationality British ...

:1st DH,

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing ...

Junior, Champéry, France :1st DH,

, Series Overall Junior ;2012 :1st DH,

:2nd DH,

, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg,

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

:3rd DH,

Elite,

Leogang Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort. Population Sights :Mining and Gothic Museum :tourist mine Schwarzle ...

, Austria ;2013 :2nd DH,

, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland :3rd DH,

, Series Overall ;2014 :1st DH,

, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg,

:1st DH,

, Round 4,

, Austria :1st DH,

, Round 5,

Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...

, Canada :1st DH,

, Series Overall :1st DH,

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing ...

Hafjell Hafjell is a village and a ski resort in Norway, in the Øyer municipality in the county of Oppland. Hafjell hosted the alpine skiing technical events ( giant slalom and slalom) at the 1994 Winter Olympics; the speed events were held at Kvitfje ...

, Norway ;2015 :4th DH,

, Round 1,

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Châ ...

, France :4th DH,

, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland :DSQ* DH,

, Round 3,

, Austria :2nd DH,

, Round 4,

Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. The ...

, Switzerland :2nd DH,

, Round 5,

, Canada :2nd DH

, Round 6,

Windham, New York Windham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,703 at the 2010 census. The town was probably named for the town or county of Windham, Connecticut, as many of its earliest settlers came from that state as well a ...

, United States :3rd DH,

, Round 7,

Val di Sole Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Sov ...

, Italy :2nd DH,

, Series Overall :2nd DH,

Vallnord Vallnord () is a ski/snowboard resort in the Pyrenees mountains in the country of Andorra, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars. Overview It encompasses the linked sectors of Pal and Arinsal (the sectors were linked by a cable car ...

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

: * Disqualified for leaving track & rejoining further down the track :1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland :3rd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland :1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 3,

Llangollen Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Bea ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

:2nd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 4, Bala, Wales :1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 5, Moelfre, Wales :1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 6, Blaenau Ffestiniog,

:1st DH, British Downhill Series, Series Overall ;2016 - British Downhill Series :1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland ;2016 -

:3rd DH,

, Round 1,

, France :3rd DH,

, Round 2, Cairns, Australia :3rd DH,

, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland :5th DH,

, Round 4,

, Austria :4th DH,

, Round 6,

, Canada

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Manon 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Caerphilly Welsh female cyclists Downhill mountain bikers Place of birth missing (living people) UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women) Welsh mountain bikers