Cherise Taylor

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cherise Taylor Road cycling
To person
Date of birth November 6, 1989
nation South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
discipline Road / mountain bike
End of career 2015
Last updated: February 17, 2019

Cherise Taylor , married Stander Taylor, m. Willeit , (born November 6, 1989 in Pretoria ) is a former South African racing cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2007 Cherise Taylor was junior runner-up in road racing . In 2008 she became the South African road racing champion and finished 55th in the same discipline at the Olympic Games in Beijing . In 2009 she finished second in the road race of the African Championships . By 2012 she won three other national titles in road racing and individual time trials ; In 2011 she became African champion in the individual time trial and African runner-up in road racing. In 2012 she won the national time trial title . When she was still not nominated for the team time trial at the Olympic Games in London , she appealed against this decision, but without success.

In 2010 and 2014 , Cherise Stander Taylor started at the Commonwealth Games . In 2010 she finished tenth in the road race, but in 2014 she couldn't finish the race.

family

In 2012 Cherise Taylor married the mountain biker Burry Stander , world champion and African champion in his discipline. Eight months after the wedding, Stander was hit by a minibus while training on the road in Shelly Beach ( KwaZulu-Natal ) and died of his fatal injuries. At the Cape Epic race, the Burry Stander Memorial Trophy has been awarded to the best starter from Africa since 2013 . Cherise has been married to the South Tyrolean and team manager Benno Willeit since 2017 and is now the mother of a son who bears the middle name Burry in memory of her first husband .

successes

2007
2008
  • MaillotSudáfrica.PNG South African Champion - Road Race
2009
2010
  • MaillotSudáfrica.PNG South African Champion - Road Race
2011
2012
2015

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cherise Taylor Olympic Appeal Result - Cycling Direct. In: cyclingdirect.co.za. June 28, 2012, accessed February 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Cherise Taylor. (No longer available online.) In: Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018 ; accessed on February 21, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thecgf.com
  3. ↑ SA cyclist's wife: we are all broken. In: IOL News. January 6, 2013, accessed February 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Cycling News: Burry Stander Memorial Trophy to be awarded at Cape Epic -. In: cyclingnews.com. March 22, 2013, accessed February 21, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Home: Cherise Willeit: Cycling a source of heartbreak and happiness. In: inthebunch.co.za. September 22, 2017, accessed February 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Cherise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stander Taylor, Cherise (married name since 2012); Willeit, Cherise (married name since 2017)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Pretoria