Julia Shaw (cyclist)

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Julia Shaw Road cycling
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Date of birth July 28, 1965
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline Street
Last updated: September 29, 2016

Julia Shaw (born July 28, 1965 in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ) is a British cyclist .

Shaw graduated from the University of Essex with a Masters in Physics . She then worked as a researcher in industry. During her school and university days, Shaw did not play any sport and only later got to triathlon through a work colleague .

It was only in her thirties she began to seriously participate in competitions in road cycling and has since won several national championships British and four times the British Best All-Rounder of women. She had her greatest international success at the age of 45 when she won the bronze medal in the 29 km time trial at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hampshire with Julia Shaw . Cycling Weekly, December 10, 2008
  2. ↑ Michelle Arthurs-Brennan: Age is No Barrier in Cycling: Women Doing Amazing Things at Every Age . Total Women's Cycling, April 28, 2015
  3. ^ Tara Whitten wins time-trial gold as England's Julia Shaw takes bronze . Mail Online, October 13, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Shaw, Julia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Metropolitan Borough of Wirral