Warren Carne
Personal information | |
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Full name | Warren James Carne |
Height | 1.75 |
Team information | |
Discipline | Mountainbike |
Rider type | Cross Country |
Warren James Carne (born 14 October 1975 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean Mountain biker.
Early years
Carne relocated with his parents to Potchefstroom, South Africa, in the late 1980s.He graduated from Potchefstroom Boys High the same year as the South African Olympic 800 metre runner Hezekiel Sepeng and the Springbok Boxer Sean Santana.
Cycling career
As a junior he dabbled in time trialing on the road before turning his attention to mountain biking. His riding style is best suited to marathon type racing. He placed 12th at the 2005 Zimbabwean National XC MTB Championshipsheld in Harare. He represented Zimbabwe at the 2007 UCI African Cross-country cycling Championships held in Windhoek, Namibia, placing 5th in the Men's 30-39 Cross Country race behind eventual winner, Namibian Tokkie Bombosch.In addition to cycling, Carne was a useful cricketer playing league in the late 1990s, he maintains a keen interest in the sport whilst working as a free lance sports writer. He and the European based Zimbabwean cyclist Timothy Jones (cyclist) share the same grandfather.
Also see Zimbabwe Cycling Federation
External links
Links as a Cyclist
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2008/mar08/mar22mtbnews
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb/?id=2007/jul07/africacc07
- http://www.mtbblog.co.za/African%20MTB%20Champs%202007%20Results%201.xls
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun14mtbnews
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2005/oct05/zimbabwe05
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2006/nov06/nov21mtbnews
- http://www.africachamps-windhoek.com/index.html
2007 Zimbabwe National Mountain Bike Squad |
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Wayne Davidson, Warren Carne, Margie Gibson, Wonder Matenje, Trevor Volker, Antipas Kwari, Byron Munyoro, Lee Mc Nab, Prince Ngundu |