Gillian Carleton

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Gillian Carleton Road cycling
To person
Date of birth 3rd December 1989
nation CanadaCanada Canada
discipline Railway (endurance) / road
End of career 2015
Most important successes
Olympic games
2012 bronze - team pursuit
Last updated: December 28, 2016

Gillian Carleton (born December 3, 1989 in Scarborough ) is a former Canadian cyclist .

Athletic career

Gillian Carleton started track cycling in 2011 after being hit by a truck while training on the road. In the same year she became Canadian sprint runner-up . In November 2011 she suffered during the course of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Astana a broken pelvis after a fall during the points driving . Nevertheless, she finished the race and finished fourth. At the 2012 World Cup in London , she finished second in the team pursuit together with Jasmin Glaesser and Tara Whitten . At the UCI Track World Championships 2012 in Melbourne , the Canadian team came third in the same line-up.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Gillian Carleton won the bronze medal in the team pursuit together with Tara Whitten and Jasmin Glaesser. The following year, she finished third in the team pursuit at the World Railroad Championships in Minsk, together with Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser . In the Canadian track competition Challenge International sur Piste , she won the 500 meter time trial , the Omnium and the single pursuit .

In 2013 Carleton won the bronze medal at the World Track Championships with Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser .

Private

Since puberty, Gillian Carleton suffered from severe depression , which initially manifested itself in anorexia . To combat depression, she started triathlon training. In later years she tried to face her illness with alcohol , cigarettes , drugs , sleeping pills , antidepressants and hard training. She also slit her legs.

In 2015, Carleton retired from cycling to complete her degree in biology and psychology .

Honors

In December 2013, Gillian Carleton was named Canada's Cyclist of the Year .

successes

train

2012
2013
2014
  • PanAmericanJersey.png Panamerican Champion - Omnium

Street

2013

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gillian Carleton. In: olympic.ca. June 15, 2016, accessed December 28, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b Cindy E. Harnett: Olympian Gillian Carleton rides into the light. In: timescolonist.com. June 19, 2015, accessed December 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Heike Oberfeuchtner: Canada: Stevie Smith and Gillian Carleton voted cyclist of the year. 06.live-radsport.ch, December 23, 2013, accessed on December 23, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Carleton, Gillian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario