Carissa Wilkes

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Carissa Wilkes
Personal information
Born (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 36)
New Zealand
Team information
Discipline Road cycling
Professional team
2008 Team Pro Féminin Les Carroz

Carissa Wilkes (born 12 November 1986) is a road cyclist from New Zealand. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships. [1]

Wilkes has a master's degree from the University of Auckland, completed in 2014, researching the relationship between posture and depression. [2]

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References

  1. "Carissa Wilkes". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. Wilkes, Carissa (2014). Upright Posture Influences Emotions and Stress Response in Mild to Moderate Depression (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/22385.