Corbin Strong

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Corbin Strong Road cycling
Corbin Strong as world champion in points race (2020)
Corbin Strong as world champion
in points race (2020)
To person
Date of birth April 30, 2000
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
discipline Railway (endurance / short term) / road
To the team
Current team SEG Racing Academy
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2020 World Champion - points race
Last updated: February 28, 2020

Corbin Strong (born April 30, 2000 in Invercargill ) is a New Zealand cyclist who competes in races on the track and the road .

Athletic career

In 2014, Corbin Strong won the first national title in his age group. In 2017 he became New Zealand junior champion in points race , omnium and team sprint. In the same year he also had international success: at the Junior World Track Championships he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit with Joshua Scott , Aaron Wyllie and Harry Waine .

In January 2018, Strong collided with a car while on the road and broke a vertebra in the process . Despite this injury, he succeeded in August of that year, together with George Jackson , Bailey O'Donnell and Finn Fisher Black Junior World Champion in the team pursuit. After his return from the World Cup in Switzerland, Strong was greeted by his schoolmates from Southland Boys' High School at Invercargill Airport with two Hakas , the ritual dance of the Māori .

The following year, Corbin Strong was two-time New Zealand elite champions: in the points race and with Edward Dawkins , Nick Kergozou and Thomas Sexton in the team pursuit. At the continental level, he became champions in points driving. He was also successful on the road: He won the junior classifications of the Tour de Kumano and the Tour de Korea as well as the points classification of the Banyuwangi Tour de Ijen . In 2020 he won the New Zealand Cycle Classic junior competition

In 2020 Strong became world champion in points racing in Berlin at the age of 19

Honors

In 2019 Corbin Strong was honored twice with a New Zealand Cycling Award ("Junior Male Track", "Track Team").

successes

train

2017
2018
2019
2019/20
  • OceaniaChampionJersey.png Oceania champions - points race
2020

Street

2019
2020

Teams

Web links

Commons : Corbin Strong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Rollo: Top young cyclist Corbin Strong fractures vertebra in collision with car. In: stuff.co.nz. January 24, 2018, accessed February 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Jamie Searle: Students honor their peer on his return from world cycling championships. In: stuff.co.nz. September 6, 2018, accessed February 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Southland pupil welcomed home as world champ. In: odt.co.nz. September 7, 2018, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Development work rewarded at cycling annual awards evening. In: Cycling New Zealand. May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Strong, Corbin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Invercargill