Josephine Tomic

Josephine Tomic

To person
Nickname	Josie
Date of birth	June 9, 1989
nation	Australia
discipline	Road / train
End of career	2012
Most important successes
UCI track world championships 2010 - Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sarah Kent ) 2009 - Omnium
Last updated: January 28, 2018

Josephine "Josie" Tomic (born June 9, 1989 in Perth ) is a former Australian cyclist who was active on the road and track .

Athletic career

Josephine Tomic, an Australian of Croatian origin, began competitive cycling at the age of 14. Just one year later, she represented her country at the Oceania Games in 2004. By 2008 she achieved numerous victories and podium places in her age categories. In 2007 she became a three-time junior world champion, in the single pursuit and in the points race on the track and in the individual time trial on the road. In 2008 Tomic became two-time Australian champion, in the single and team pursuit, and had her first starts at World Cups .

In 2009 Josephine Tomic won the title of world champion in the Omnium in Pruszków , an all-around discipline that was held for the first time for women at this World Cup. In the team pursuit, she finished third with the Australian team. At the track world championships the following year, she won her second world title together with Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sarah Kent in the team pursuit. In 2012 the Australian team with Tomic, Melissa Hoskins and Annette Edmondson became vice world champions . The three athletes also started together at the Olympic Games in London , but missed the podium and finished fourth. Then Josie Tomic ended her cycling career.

Tomic was married to the former Australian cyclist Jack Bobridge .

successes

train

2007

• Junior world champion - single pursuit, points race
• Australian Junior Champion - Single Pursuit, Points Race

2008

• Australian Champion - Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Melissa Hoskins and Sarah Kent )

2009

• World Champion - Omnium
• World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sarah Kent )
• Australian Champion - Single Pursuit, Omnium, Team Pursuit (with Melissa Hoskins and Sarah Kent )

2010

• World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sarah Kent )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sarah Kent )
• Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne - Team Pursuit (with Kate Bates and Sarah Kent )
• Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Melissa Hoskins )

2011

• Australian Champion - Single Pursuit, Points Race, Team Pursuit (with Isabella King and Melissa Hoskins )

2012

• World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Melissa Hoskins and Annette Edmondson )
• Australian Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Kent and Melissa Hoskins )

Street

2007

• Junior world champion - individual time trial

2009

• Australian Champion (U23) - Individual Time Trial

2010

• Australian Champion (U23) - Individual Time Trial

Web links

• Josephine Tomic in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Josephine Tomic in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Josephine Tomic in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour Down Under 2015: Gawler's golden boy, Jack Bobridge, wins first stage. (No longer available online.) In: theherald.com.au. July 11, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 2016 . 
2. ^ Alana Mazzoni: Olympian reveals his drug-fueled party lifestyle on the circuit. In: dailymail.co.uk. May 14, 2019, accessed January 29, 2020 .