Alexandra Manly
Alexandra Manly on the Women's Tour (2017) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | February 28, 1996 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Railway (endurance) / road |
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Current team | Mitchelton Scott |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: August 29, 2018 |
Alexandra Manly (born February 28, 1996 in Kalgoorlie ) is an Australian cyclist.
Athletic career
Alexandra Manly was very athletic from childhood and tried various sports such as basketball , cross-country running , hockey , tennis , javelin and steeplechase . After her family moved to Adelaide , she came into contact with cycling. At first she tried to practice the two sports side by side - for example, she won the bronze medal in basketball in the U14 national championships - but then decided to focus on cycling. In 2012 she won her national title in her age group.
In the following year Manly won bronze in the individual time trial of the junior women at the road world championships and also twice silver in time trials and road races at the Oceania championships. In 2014 she was two-time junior world champion on the track , in the singles and with Macey Stewart , Danielle McKinnirrey and Josie Talbot in the team pursuit .
In 2015 Alexandra Manly got a contract with Team Orica Scott . In the same year she won the team pursuit at the Track World Cup in Cali with Macey Stewart , Elissa Wundersitz and Lauren Perry : "It was one of the best moments of my life sharing that win with the girls," she later said. In 2017 she became vice world champion in the team pursuit with Rebecca Wiasak , Ashlee Ankudinoff and Amy Cure and together with Cure she won bronze in the two-man team event, which was held for the first time for women at a World Cup . In the same year she was with Ankudinoff, Annette Edmondson and Cure Oceania champion in team pursuits and won with Cure the run of the Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles in a two-man team.
In 2018, the Australian four-man team won the team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games with Manly . At the UCI Track World Championships 2019 in Pruszków , Poland , she was two-time world champion, in points and in team pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff, Annette Edmondson, Amy Cure and Georgia Baker ).
successes
train
- 2014
- Junior World Champion - Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Macey Stewart , Danielle McKinnirrey, and Josie Talbot )
- Australian Junior Champion - Pursuit
- 2015
- World Cup in Cali - Team Pursuit (with Macey Stewart , Elissa Wundersitz and Lauren Perry )
- 2017
- World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Rebecca Wiasak , Ashlee Ankudinoff and Amy Cure )
- World Championship - Two Team Driving (with Amy Cure )
- World Cup in Los Angeles - two-man team driving (with Amy Cure )
- Oceania Champion - Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff , Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure )
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Danielle McKinnirrey , Breanna Hargrave and Chloe Moran )
- 2018
- Commonwealth Games Winner - Team Pursuit (with Annette Edmondson , Amy Cure and Ashlee Ankudinoff )
- Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Breanna Hargrave , Annette Edmondson and Maeve Plouffe )
- 2019
- World Champion - points race, team pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff , Annette Edmondson , Amy Cure and Georgia Baker )
- World Cup in Cambridge - two-man team driving (with Georgia Baker )
- 2019/20
- Oceania Champion - two-man team driving (with Amy Cure )
Street
- 2013
- Junior World Championship - Individual Time Trial
- Junior Oceania Championship - road racing, individual time trial
- Australian Junior Champion - Individual Time Trial
- 2014
- 2017
- 2018
Teams
- 2015 Orica-AIS
- 2016 Orica-AIS
- 2017 Orica Scott
- 2018 Mitchelton Scott
- 2019 Mitchelton Scott
Web links
- Alexandra Manly in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Alexandra Manly in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Manly, Alexandra |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalgoorlie |