- Alison Sydor
Alison Sydor (born
September 9 ,1966 inEdmonton, Alberta ) is a Canadian cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of theUniversity of Victoria . She won a silver medal at the1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike, and has won 3 world mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 inVail, Colorado ;1995 inKirchzarten ,Germany ;1996 in Cairns,Australia ; and the2002 relay race inKaprun ,Austria .)Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992,
1999 ,2000 ,2001 and2003 ) and three bronze (1998, 1999 (relay race), 2004) at mountain bike world championships, and one bronze at the road world championships (1991). In addition, Sydor has won 17 World Cup (cross-country) races in her career, and for 13 consecutive years (1992-2004) never finished outside of the top-5 at the world championships.In 1995 and 1996, Sydor was awarded the
Velma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete.In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into the
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame In December 2007 it was publicly announced that Sydor will be inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2008 at a ceremony on May 29, 2008.
Major results
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UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
* Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1994, 1995, 1996; Team Relay: 2002)
* Silver Medal (Cross Country: 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003)
* Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1998, 2004; Team Relay: 1999); UCI Road World Championships
* Bronze Medal (1991); Summer Olympics
* Silver Medal (1996)
* 4th Place (2004)
* 5th Place (2000); Commonwealth Games
* Silver Medal (Team Time Trial: 1994)
* Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1994); Pan American Games
* Gold Medal (1995, 2003)
* Silver Medal (1999)External links
* [http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/inductees.cfm?page=99&mID=158 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame entry]
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