Louise Moriarty
Personal information | |
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Full name | Louise Moriarty |
Born | Ireland | 17 January 1978
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
2008– | Swift Racing |
Louise Moriarty (born 22 December 1978)[1] is an Irish racing cyclist from Dublin. She was the Irish National Time Trial Champion in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Moriarty broke the national pursuit record at Newport Velodrome, Wales, setting a new time of 3:55.853, beating the old record of 3:59.194 by over three seconds. The new record took her within two seconds of qualifying for the world championships.[2] She also became the Irish 500m TT, points race, scratch race and pursuit champion.
Palmarès[]
- 2007
- 1st Tielt-Winge (BEL)
- 1st Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Irish National Road Race Championships
- 2008
- 1st 500m TT,
- 1st Points race,
- 1st Scratch race,
- 1st Pursuit,
- 3rd Irish National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Irish National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Brasschaat/Maria-ter-Heide (BEL)
- 1st General Classification Ras na mBan (IRL)
- 1st Stage 1 Ras na mBan, Sneem (IRL)
- 1st Stage 2 Ras na mBan, Sneem (IRL)
References[]
- ^ Louise Moriarty at Cycling Archives
- ^ Shane Stokes (2008-10-18). "NEW PURSUIT RECORD RATIFIED FOR MORIARTY". Irish Cycling/post. Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Irish female cyclists
- Scholars of Trinity College Dublin
- Irish cycling biography stubs