Gracie Elvin
Gracie Elvin at the 2015 Women's Tour | |
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Date of birth | October 31, 1988 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Road / mountain bike |
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Current team | Mitchelton Scott |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: November 1st, 2019 |
Gracie Elvin (born October 31, 1988 in Canberra ) is an Australian cyclist who is active on the road and mountain bike .
Athletic career
Gracie Elvin began her cycling career primarily on the mountain bike and became the Australian cross country champion in 2009 . In 2012 she won two medals in road cycling at the Oceanic Cycling Championships, in road racing she won the gold medal and in the individual time trial she won the silver medal. In 2013 she was fourth in the overall ranking of the Tour of Qatar and third in the Australian championship in the criterion . In 2013 and 2014 she won the Australian road racing championship.
At the end of May 2015 Elvin won her first elite race in Europe at Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik and was able to repeat this success in 2016. At the beginning of January 2016 she won the Bay Cycling Classic . In the same year she started in the road race of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and finished 49th.
Together with Iris Slappendel and Carmen Small , who have retired from active sport , Elvin founded the Cyclists' Alliance , a professional association for female cyclists, in 2017 .
successes
- 2009
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
Teams
- 2009 Discovertasmania.com
- 2013 Orica-AIS
- 2014 Orica-AIS
- 2015 Orica GreenEdge
- 2016 Orica GreenEdge
- 2017 Orica Scott
- 2018 Mitchelton Scott
- 2019 Mitchelton Scott
Web links
- Gracie Elvin in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Gracie Elvin in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Gracie Elvin's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heike Oberfeuchtner: Women's cycling: two-time Australian champion Gracie Elvin celebrates her first victory in Europe. live-radsport.ch, May 31, 2015, accessed on June 1, 2015 .
- ^ Sadhbh O'Shea: Slappendel, Elvin and Small launch The Cyclists' Alliance -. In: cyclingnews.com. December 19, 2017, accessed July 6, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Elvin, Gracie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Canberra |