Michelle Ferris

Michelle Ferris

To person
Full name	Michelle Louise Ferris
Date of birth	September 24, 1976
nation	Australia
discipline	Train (short term)
End of career	2002
Most important successes
Olympic games 2000 - 500 meter time trial 1996 - Sprint
Last updated: October 19, 2018

Michelle Louise Ferris (born September 24, 1976 in Warrnambool , Victoria ) is a former Australian track cyclist specializing in short-term disciplines.

Athletic career

Michelle Ferris's international sporting career began in 1993 when she Junior World silver medalist in the sprint was, a year later they finished third. In 1995 she finished third in the women's sprint World Cup .

In the following years Michelle Ferris was four times vice world champion in the sprint and 500 m time trial ; She came third three times. Between 1997 and 2000 she was the Australian sprint champion four times in a row. The last time she was runner-up was the 1999 World Cup in Berlin . Her greatest competitor was the French Félicia Ballanger , who often beat her and sent her off.

Twice Michelle Ferris took the Olympic Games in part, in 1996 in Atlanta , where she silver in the time trial won as well as 2,000 in Sydney ; both times she was defeated by Ballanger. After the Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, Ferris resigned from international competitive sport.

After the sport

Michelle Ferris has been appointed ambassador for the Gay Games 2010 in Cologne . Professionally she is u. a. active as a motivational trainer (as of 2010) and as a cycling trainer.

successes

1993

• Junior Track World Championship - Sprint

1994

Commonwealth Games - Sprint

• Junior Track World Championship - Sprint

1995

• World Championship - Sprint, 500m Time Trial

1996

• Olympic Games - Sprint

1997

• World Championship - Sprint

1998

• World Championship - Sprint
• World Championship - 500 meter time trial
• Commonwealth Games - Sprint

1999

• World Championship - Sprint

2000

• Olympic Games - 500 meter time trial
• Oceania Games - Sprint, 500-meter time trial

Web links

• Michelle Ferris in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Michelle Ferris in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Michelle Ferris. In: emmanuel.vic.edu.au. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian sporting hero named as Gay Games ambassador. Pink News, May 27, 2008, accessed February 3, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Ovations.com: "Michelle Ferris" ( Memento from April 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 9, 2010 (English)
3. ^ BGM Sports Cycling. In: bgmsports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .