Stephanie Morton

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Stephanie Morton Road cycling
Stephanie Morton (2018)
Stephanie Morton (2018)
To person
Nickname Steph
Date of birth November 28, 1990
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
discipline train
Societies)
South Coast Cycling Club
Team (s)
2014 Team Jayco-AIS
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2019 World Champion - team sprint
2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 : Gold medal-2008PG.svg- 1000 meter time trial
Last updated: December 11, 2018

Stephanie "Steph" Morton (born November 28, 1990 in Adelaide ) is an Australian track cyclist who specializes in short-term disciplines.

Athletic career

In 2007, Stephanie Morton was a junior on the podium at the Australian track championships for the first time when she finished third in the 500-meter time trial . From 2010 she started in the women's elite and was the Australian runner-up in the team sprint in the first year , together with Annette Edmondson . In 2011 she became a three-time runner-up in time trial, keirin and team sprint (with Anna Meares ).

In 2012 Morton achieved her first major international success and won the Keirin competition at the Oceanic Cycling Championships; by 2015 she was able to win five more oceanic titles. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , she won the gold medal in the 1000-meter time trial while piloting the visually impaired Felicity Johnson on a tandem .

In 2016 Stephanie Morton was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In the Keirin competition, she was eliminated in the first round. The following year she became the Australian sprint champion for the second time . At the 2017 UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong , she won silver in the sprint and team sprint (with Kaarle McCulloch ).

Honors

In 2012 Stephanie Morton was named Cycling Australia Elite Female Paracyclist of the year . In January 2014 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her commitment to Paralympic cycling .

successes

Stephanie Morton as the pilot of Felicity Johnson
2012
2013
  • OceaniaChampionJersey.pngOceania Champion - Team Sprint (with Kaarle McCulloch )
  • silver Oceanic Cycling Championship - Sprint
  • MaillotAustralia.PNGAustralian Champion - Sprint, Team Sprint (with Rikki Belder )
2014
2015
2016
2017
2017/18
2018
2018/19
2019
2019/20
2020

Web links

Commons : Stephanie Morton  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, accessed February 3, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Morton, Stephanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morton, Steph (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide