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| Born | 27 January 1996 Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alessandra Keller (born 27 January 1996) is a Swiss mountain biker competing in cross country. She competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Keller was born in 1996. [1] She lives in the municipality of Ennetbürgen in the canton of Nidwalden. [2]
Alongside Jolanda Neff, she won the 2016 Swiss Epic, a mountain bike stage race. [3] Aged 22 and still eligible to compete in the U23 category, she won the world cup race in Vallnord, Andorra, Short Track Cross-Country race in the elite class. [4] In the cross country, she won the 2018 World Championship in the U23. [2]
Keller has been Swiss cross-country champion four times: 2012 in the U17 category, 2013 in the U19 category, 2018 in the U23 category, and in 2022 in the elite class. [5] [6] She won silver at the 2022 MTB short track world championships in Les Gets, France, behind Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. [7]
In 2024 she was in Les Gets in Switzerland where she won the short track mountain bike World Cup race there. She was at the time the leader of the series. [8]
National Championships National Championships National Championships 
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships Cross-country, National Junior Championships 
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships 
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships 
Overall Swiss Epic (with Jolanda Neff)
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships 
Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Championships 
Overall UCI XCO World Cup Overall UCI XCC World Cup 
Short track, UCI World Championships Cross-country Short track
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