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Alison Sydor
Alison Sydor at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic
Personal information
Full nameAlison Sydor
Born (1966-09-09) September 9, 1966 (age 58)
Edmonton, Alberta
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike and road
RoleRider
Rider typeMountain bike: cross-country
Major wins
2008 Absa Cape Epic Women's Category 2009 Absa Cape Epic Mixed Category
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Mountain bike racing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Cross-Country Mountainbike
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Vail Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 1995 Kirchzarten Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 1996 Cairns Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2002 Kaprun Team cross-country
Silver medal – second place 1992 Bromont Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 1999 Åre Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sierra Nevada Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2001 Vail Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2003 Lugano Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Åre Team cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Les Gets Cross-country
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Road race

Alison Sydor (born September 9, 1966) is a retired Canadian professional cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike,[1] and has won 3 world mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 in Vail, Colorado; 1995 in Kirchzarten, Germany; 1996 in Cairns, Australia; and the 2002 relay race in Kaprun, Austria.)

Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003) 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.

Sydor and team mate Pia Sundstedt won the Women's Category in the Absa Cape Epic in 2008. Sydor then came back to win the Mixed Category with Nico Pfitzenmaier in 2009.

In 2013, Sydor was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

Major results

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
  • Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1994, 1995, 1996; Team Relay: 2002)
  • Silver Medal (Cross Country: 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
  • Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1998, 2004; Team Relay: 1999)
UCI Road World Championships
  • Bronze Medal (1991)
Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games
  • Silver Medal (Team Time Trial: 1994)
  • Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1994)
Pan American Games
Absa Cape Epic
  • 1st Place Ladies Category 2008
  • 1st Place Mixed Category 2009

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alison Sydor Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame - Class of 2013 Inductees". Retrieved May 10, 2013.
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