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2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Keirin
The Women's Keirin is one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester, United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan .... 20 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest, which was held on 29 March. First round Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 First Round Repechage Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Second round Heat 1 Heat 2 Finals Final 1-6 Final 7-12 Final standings 13-20 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Uci Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Keirin Women's keirin UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Rainbow
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a microstate, small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose Duke of Normandy, dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarle McCulloch
Kaarle McCulloch (born 20 January 1988) is an Australian former professional track cyclist and four-time World Champion in the team sprint. She also won three golds at the Commonwealth Games and an Olympic bronze medal. She qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and rode in two events, the Women's Keirin, where she came ninth, and the Women's Sprint, where she came thirteenth. Early years McCulloch grew up in Gymea, New South Wales. She was a promising middle-distance runner and won middle-distance championships in the 400 metres and 800 metres events when she was 14, 15, and 16. When she was 17, her motivation in track and field waned and she turned to cycling to reinvigorate her Olympic dream. Her stepfather Ken Bates introduced her to track cycling. She rose through the ranks quickly, eventually competing at the UCI Junior Track World Championships. McCulloch honed her cycling skills at the St George Cycling Club where her sporting family supported her. Each of the McCul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Oksana Grishina (cyclist)
Oksana Grishina (also spelled Oxana Grichina) (; born 27 November 1968 in Tula, Russia, Tula, Russia) is a Russian track cyclist. Grishina competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and came 5th in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint, women's sprint event. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a silver medal in the Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint, women's sprint event and came 15th in the Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's track time trial, women's track time trial events. References External linksProfileat DatabaseOlympics.comProfile at Radsportseiten.com 1968 births Living people Russian female cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Tula, Russia UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Varnish
Jessica Varnish (born 19 November 1990) is a former British track cyclist. Varnish was part of the 2014 world record holding European Championships team sprint champions and is a multiple medalist at the World Championships. Biography Jessica Varnish was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire on 19 November 1990, the daughter of James "Jim" Varnish, a keen cyclist. She attended South Bromsgrove High School. At the age of 14, Varnish competed unofficially at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Belgium. She took a second off the British 500m standing start record, setting a new time of 37.1 seconds. She made her GB Cycling debut at the Austrian Junior International in January 2006. She became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme whilst still a junior. Being just 17 at the time, Varnish was selected for the programme a year ahead of the rest of her age group, demonstrating British Cycling's belief in her potential. Her first performance at senior level was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana García (cyclist)
Diana María García Orrego (born 17 March 1982) is a Colombian track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team sprint, women's team sprint for the national team. Career García won the bronze medals in sprint, keirin and 500 m time trial in the 2002 Pan American Cycling Championships, 2002 Pan American Championships. Career Results ;2014 :1st Team Sprint, Pan American Track Championships (with Juliana Gaviria) :2014 South American Games, South American Games ::2nd Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria) ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Sprint :2nd Sprint, 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, Central American and Caribbean Games ;2015 :1st Team Sprint, Copa Cuba de Pista (with Juliana Gaviria) :3rd Team Sprint, 2015 Pan American Games, Pan American Games (with Juliana Gaviria) ;2017 :Easter International Grand Prix ::2nd Sprint ::2nd Keirin References External links * 1982 births Living people Colombi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Alessio
Valentina may refer to: People * Valentina (given name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name) * Valentina (wrestler), stage name of Elizabeth Miklosi (born 1983), an American professional wrestler * Valentina (Italian singer), stage name of Elena Ferretti (born 1960), Italian Eurobeat and Italo disco singer * Valentina (fashion designer) (1899–1989), a Ukrainian fashion designer * Valentina (drag queen) (born 1991), an American drag performer, actor, television personality and singer * Valentina (French singer) (born 2009), French singer, winner of the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Entertainment Film * ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2021 film), a 2021 Spanish animated film Television * ''Valentina'' (1993 TV series), a 1993 Mexican telenovela * Valentina (2013 telenovela), a 2013 Chilean telenovela by TVN * ''Valentina'' (1989 TV series), an Italian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Clair
Sandie Clair (born 1 April 1988) is a French professional racing cyclist and bobsledder. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time trial. She came third in the junior world 500m championship a month later. She won two medals at the world junior championship in 2006, then at Ghent, won the world championship 500m and came third in the sprint. She rode World Cup meetings throughout 2007 and 2008 and won the team sprint with Clara Sanchez at Cali in 2008. She came third in the 500m world championship at Manchester in 2008. From 2007 to 2010, she won eight titles at the éspoir level in the European championships, including three in the team sprint with Virginie Cueff. In 2010, she won four medals, including three at the European éspoir championship in St Petersburg. In November, she won the sprint and team sprint champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Jinjie
Gong Jinjie (, born 12 November 1986) is a Chinese professional Track cycling, track cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang () and Sean Eadie. Career Gong competed in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She and Guo Shuang set a List of world records in track cycling, world record of 32.447 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, which they then improved upon with 32.422 in the next round. They went on to finish first in the final against the German team, but were disqualified for an alleged "early relay", and were relegated to the silver medal instead. Gong and Guo's coach Daniel Morelon maintains that the pair were "robbed" of the gold medal, and described it as an "injustice". He complained that the judges refused to provide a "video footage of the race on slow motion", and only provided a "vague explanation" for the infringeme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Reed
Jennie Idell Reed (born April 20, 1978) is a World and U.S. champion track cyclist and Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012). Jennie began track cycling at the age of 16 in Redmond, Washington. She won National titles in the match sprint and individual pursuit at her first U.S. Track Cycling National Championship in 1994. She went on to compete in the sprint disciplines at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and the Team Pursuit in 2012. Jennie competed in 13 World Championships, 11 consecutively. She won 25 World Cup medals between the Sprint events (Sprint & Keirin) as well as the endurance events (Scratch & Team Pursuit). Jennie is the only U.S. track cyclist to successfully transition from a sprint athlete, winning the World Championships in the Keirin to an endurance track athlete, winning a Silver Medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2012 Olympics. Career highlights ;1998 :1st, Matched Sprints, USA Cycling National Track Championships :3rd, World Cup, Track, Sprint, Cali ;1999 :2nd, World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Frisoni
Elisa Frisoni (born 8 August 1985) is an Italian female track cyclist, and part of the national team. She competed at the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She won the silver medal in the keirin event at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous c .... References External links * * * * * 1985 births Living people Italian track cyclists Italian female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from the Province of Verona 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
