Caroline Ryan
 Caroline Ryan (2015) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 October 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track and Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||
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| - | 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
- 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 &
- 9th World Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 2012
World Track Cycling Championships (points race)- 9th World Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 2013
- 1st
- 1st Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Irish National Track Cycling Championships (individual pursuit)
- 1st
- 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.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Caroline Ryan at Cycling Archives
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