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| Full name | Bianca Woolford | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1991 Whyalla, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||
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Bianca Woolford (born 20 July 1991) [1] is an Australian para-cyclist with cerebral palsy. [2] In 2014, she won two silver medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.
Woolford was born 20 July 1991 in Whyalla, South Australia. [1] She has cerebral palsy, which was caused from a seizure due to asphyxiation at birth. [2] Her parents are Tania and Michael. [2] She lives in Port Lincoln, South Australia. [2]
At the age of eighteen, she attended an Australian Paralympic Committee Talent Search day in Adelaide, South Australia. [2] Subsequently, she attended a training day the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) and offered a scholarship. [2] Ben Cook was appointed her coach. Being located in Port Lincoln, she was required to travel to SASI once every two weeks for coaching. [2] In 2013,at the National Para-Cycling Road Championships in Echuca, Victoria, she won a gold medal in the Women's Trial Trial. [2] In 2014, at her first UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship in Greenville, South Carolina, she won silver medals in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1. [3]
At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Nottwil, Switzerland, she finished fourth in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1. [4] [5]
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