Robin Farina

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Robin Farina
Personal information
Born (1977-09-03) 3 September 1977 (age 44)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States[1]
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Weight130 lb (59 kg)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad cycling, Mountain bike racing, Tandem Para-cycling[1]
Amateur teams
2006DeFeet Women's Elite Team[1]
2007Target Training Women's Elite[1]
Professional teams
2008Cheerwine Women's Professional Cycling Team[1]
2009ValueAct Capital Women's Pro Cycling[1]
2010Team Vera Bradley Professional Cycling[1]
2011-2013NOW and Novartis for MS[2][3]
2015-BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental[4][5]
Major wins
2011 National Road Race Champion, Overall GC win 2008 Joe Martin Stage Race and multiple other stages and criteriums, In 2017 she won a national championship in Para Cycling by piloting a tandem on the track (with stoker Shawn Cheshire).

Robin Farina (born 3 September 1977) is a road cyclist from the United States. She made her road racing debut in 2006,[1] transitioning from a mountain biking background.[6] She won in 2011 the United States National Road Race Championships. She represented her country at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships and 2011 Pan American Games.[7] With her team BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental she participated in the team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.

Biography[]

In 2013, Farina and Janel Holcomb co-founded the , a United States-based lobby group of professional cyclists and other supporters, established to create a unified voice that could raise the profile and financial viability of women's professional cycling.[8][9] Farina served as Team Director of the Happy Tooth Dental Professional Racing team during the 2016 season.[10]

Major Results[]

National road cycling championships[]

2011 United States National Road Race Championships (Georgia, USA)

1st, Women's Elite Road Race[11]

UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships[]

2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

5th, Women's Tandem Individual Pursuit. Shawn Cheshire (stoker), Robin Farina (pilot)[12]
11th, Women's Tandem 1 km Time Trial. Shawn Cheshire (stoker), Robin Farina (pilot)[12]

Cyclocross & Gravel Road Races[]

2016 Lost & Found Gravel Road Race

1st, Women's Elite[13]

2015 Lost & Found Gravel Road Race

1st, Women's Elite[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Robin Farina". USA Cycling. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ Lukas, Sarah (26 August 2011). "Phil Keoghan launches NOW and Novartis for MS women's team". VeloNews. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Farina leads NOW and Novartis for MS women's team in 2012". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ^ "BMW-Happy Tooth Dental Group women's team announces roster". VeloNews. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ Malach, Pat (19 January 2015). "BMW USA will sponsor new UCI women's team. Team SmartStop owners announce 2015 women's team roster". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ Taylor, Tom (17 September 2015). "At Rebecca Rusch's signature RPI race, bikers gutted it out on the gravel". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Robin Farina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ Gutowski, Stephanie (18 November 2013). "Women's Cycling Association launches membership drive. American group hopes to raise status of female cyclists". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Women's Cycling Association takes proactive approach to advancement: US-based lobby group hope for global representation". cyclingnews.com. USA. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Afghan women's cycling team on track for Nobel Peace Prize - Women's News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  11. ^ Frattini, Kristen (28 June 2011). "Farina claims women's championship. Dvorak, Miller bested in breakaway". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Individual Pursuit - Los Angeles - 05 Mar 2017". uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b Lee, Clifford (7 June 2016). "PRO BIKE PROFILE: ROBIN FARINA'S 2016 LOST & FOUND WINNING CUSTOM-PAINTED SANTA CRUZ STIGMATA". Cyclocross Magazine. USA. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ^ ., Andrew (3 June 2015). "2015 LOST AND FOUND DRAWS PRO CYCLOCROSSERS, GRAND TOUR RACERS, NEW TRAIL FUNDING AND SMILES". Cyclocross Magazine. USA. Retrieved 28 November 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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