Vera Carrara
Vera Carrara (born April 6, 1980 in Alzano Lombardo , Bergamo) is an Italian cyclist and three-time world champion on the track who has now switched to mountain bikes .
In 1998 Vera Carrara became Junior World Champion in the points race on the track. In 2002 she became European champion (youngsters) in the same discipline. At the 2004 Elite Track World Championships in Melbourne , she finished second in the points race, and in 2005 and 2006 she won the points race at the World Championships. In 2007 she also became European champion in the Omnium in Cottbus .
In their second appearance at the Olympic Games, in 2008 in Beijing , Vera Carrara got out of the road race. At the end of the season, she retired from cycling.
In autumn 2009, Vera Carrara announced that it is planning a comeback as a mountain biker with the aim at the Olympic Games 2012 in London to participate. However, she did not manage to qualify.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cyclingnews.com: "Vera Carrara plans comeback, Olympic mountain bike gold" accessed on February 13, 2010 (English)
Web links
- Vera Carrara in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Vera Carrara in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
1988 Sally Hodge | 1989 Jeannie Longo | 1990 Karen Holliday | 1991, 1993, 1994 Ingrid Haringa | 1995, 1996 Svetlana Samokhvalova | 1997 Natalia Karimova | 1998 Teodora Ruano Sanchón | 1999, 2000 Marion Clignet | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Olga Slyusareva | 2005, 2006 Vera Carrara | 2007 Katherine Bates | 2008 Marianne Vos | 2009 Giorgia Bronzini | 2010 Tara Whitten | 2011 Tazzjana Sharakova | 2012 Anastasija Tschulkowa | 2013 Jarmila Machačová | 2014 Amy Cure | 2015 Stephanie Pohl | 2016 Katarzyna Pawłowska | 2017, 2020 Elinor Barker | 2018 Kirsten Wild | 2019 Alexandra Manly
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| SURNAME | Carrara, Vera |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alzano Lombardo , Bergamo |