Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
![]() Molly S. Van Houweling at a Creative Commons board meeting in 2008 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Molly Shaffer Van Houweling |
Born | ![]() | 3 January 1973
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Time Triallist |
Amateur teams | |
<=2007 | JL Velo Cycling Team |
2007–2013 | Metromint Cycling |
![Molly Van Houweling](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Molly_Van_Houweling.jpg/220px-Molly_Van_Houweling.jpg)
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (born March 1, 1973) is an American cyclist, academic and legal scholar. Van Houweling is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law and serves as the chair of the board of Creative Commons.[1] Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly.[2] She received her J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1998. After law school she clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then in 2000-2001 for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court. She was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School before moving to UC Berkeley.[3]
In addition to her work as a legal academic and copyright activist, Shaffer Van Houweling is also a competitive bicycle racer. On September 12, 2015 she set a new Hour record by cycling 46.273 km in an hour.[4] Van Houweling is also a six-time UCI Amateur Road World Champion, most recently winning the time trial titles at the 2018 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Varese, Italy.
Palmares
- 2007
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 2009
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 1st Colorado Time Trial Championship
- 2010
- 1st Overall Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Kern County Women's Stage Race
- 1st Overall Topsport Stage
- 1st Copperopolis Road Race
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 1st Stage 1 Valley of the Sun Stage Race
- 2011
- 1st
UCI Masters World Championship Time Trial (W35-39)
- 1st Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Road Race Championship
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 2012
- UCI Masters World Championship (W35-39)
- 1st Overall Mariposa Women's Stage Race
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Prestige Series
- 2014
- UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- US Hour Record 44.173km
- 2015
- UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44) 46.088km
- UCI Hour Record 46.273km
- UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
- 1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
- 2016
- Masters National Track Championships
- National Records
- 40km Time Trial Record (W40-44), 52:48
- Individual Pursuit (W40-44), 2:30.613
- Kilo (W40-44), 1:16.104
- 2017
- UCI Masters World Track Championships
- National Track Championships
- World Bests
- UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44), 47.061km
- UCI Best Performance 2km Pursuit (W40-44), 2:24.753
- National Records
- Kilo (W40-44), 1:14.772
- Team Pursuit (W40-44), 3:48.259
- 2019
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual Pursuit [5]
- 1st
UCI Hour record attempts
Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m)[N 1] | Notes |
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December 2014 | Carson, CA, ![]() |
44.173 | 1892 (+) | ![]() |
February 2015 | Aguascalientes, ![]() |
45.637 | 698 (+) | ![]() |
7 July 2015 | Aguascalientes, ![]() |
46.088 | 23 (-) | ![]() |
12 September 2015 | Aguascalientes, ![]() |
46.273 | 208 (-) | ![]() ![]() |
UCI Masters Hour Best Performance attempts
Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m)[N 2] | Notes |
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15 July 2017 | Aguascalientes, ![]() |
47.061 | 973 (+) | ![]() ![]() |
24 September 2018 | Aguascalientes, ![]() |
46.897 | 5,658 (-) | ![]() ![]() |
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Berkeley Law".
- ^ "About Us | Authors Alliance". www.authorsalliance.org. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ^ "Molly Van Houweling CV". Retrieved Nov 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "Molly Shaffer Van Houweling breaks UCI hour record". VeloNews.com.
- ^ "Video of Gold Medal Round". YouTube. 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Molly Shaffer Van Houweling sets new women's World Hour Record". cyclingtips.com.au.
- ^ "Molly Shaffer Van Houweling makes history with new women's UCI Hour Record". uci.ch. 13 September 2015.
- ^ Highlights of Molly Van Houweling's 46,088m Hour. YouTube. 7 July 2015.
- ^ "US Hour Record holder Molly Shaffer Van Houweling aims for world record". cyclingtips.com.au.
External links
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- Molly VAN HOUWELING at CQ Ranking
- Molly Van Houweling at Cycling Archives
- Molly Van Houweling at ProCyclingStats