Sally Hodge
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| Full name | Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1966 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cardiff Ajax CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie (born 31 May 1966)[1] is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales.
Cycling career
She was the first ever women's points race world champion at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She represented Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[2] She won the bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
In addition to her international success she was a 13 times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships in 1983 and 1985, [3][4] the British National Points Championships in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994, the British National Individual Pursuit Championships in 1987 and 1988 and the British National Individual Time Trial Championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988.[5]
Canlyniadau
- 1985
- 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
- 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
- 1987
- 1st British National Points Championships
- 1st British National Individual Pursuit Championships
- 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1988
- 1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Points Race
- 1st British National Points Championships
- 1st British National Individual Pursuit Championships
- 1st British National Individual Time Trial Championships
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 9th Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's individual road race
- 1992
- 1st British National Points Championships
- 45th Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
- 1994
- 1st British National Points Championships
- 3rd Points race, Commonwealth Games
References
- ^ "Sally Hodge". British Olympic Association.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sally Hodge Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Wilcockson, John. "Yates retains British title." Times, 8 Aug. 1983, p. 22". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "By a Correspondent, and John Wilcockson,. "Cycling." Times, 12 Aug. 1985, p. 17". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ "Profile and record". Cycling Archives.
External links
- Sally Hodge at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Sally Hodge at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Welsh female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Cardiff
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Welsh track cyclists