Caroline Ryan
Appearance
Caroline Ryan (2015) | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 10 October 1979 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track and Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Endurance | ||||||||||||||
Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
- | Garda/Richies Bikestore/Ethos Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Ryan (born 10 October 1979) is a former racing cyclist from the Republic of Ireland.
A former international rower,[2] Ryan won the bronze medal in the women's points race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[3][4] Ireland's first medal at a senior track cycling world championship since Harry Reynolds took gold in 1896 and bronze in 1897.Caroline is a member of the Garda/Richies Bikestore/Ethos Cycling Club, which is based in Dublin, Ireland.[2] Ryan won the Irish Elite Time Trial title three times (2011, 2013 & 2014).
She announced her retirement from cycling in 2016.[5]
Palmarès
Source:[6]
- 2010
- 1st Combes Conor Memorial
- 2011
- 1st
Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Irish National Track Cycling Championships (500m time trial)
- 1st
Irish National Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 1st stage 5 Rás na mBan
- 3rd Irish National Road Race Championships
- 7th European Track Cycling Championships (team pursuit)
- with Ciara Horne & Sinaed Jennings
- 9th World Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 2012
World Track Cycling Championships (points race)
- 9th World Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 2013
- 1st Dunsany GP
- 1st
Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Irish National Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 1st Sorrento CC I.T.T.
Track Cycling World Cup round 2, Aguascalientes (individual pursuit)
- 2nd Individual Pursuit, 3 Jours d'Aigle
- 3rd Individual Pursuit, International Belgian Open
- 2014
- 1st
Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Omnium, Irish International Track GP
- 2015
- 1st Individual Pursuit, Irish International Track GP
- 3rd Points Race, Belgian Xmas Meetings
References
- ^ "Caroline Ryan". cungabikes.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b Fotheringham, William (5 April 2012). "Caroline Ryan wins Ireland's first track medal in more than 100 years". The Guardian.
- ^ "Women's Points Race Final Results" (PDF). Tissot Timing. 5 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ransom, Ian (5 April 2012). "World records tumble as Britain edges ahead". Reuters.
- ^ McHugh, Conor (15 December 2016). "Kildare cyclist Caroline Ryan retires". Leinster Leader.
- ^ Profile at Cycling Quotient
External links
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- Official website
- Garda CC Website
- Caroline Ryan at Cycling Archives