Caroline Buchanan

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Caroline Buchanan
Personal information
NicknameCaro
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33)
Canberra, Australia
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Website www.carolinebuchanan.com
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Cycling
Event(s) BMX racing
Mountain biking
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals London 2012 Olympic Finalist
World finals5 x BMX and Mountain Bike World Champion
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Women's BMX racing
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 351
World Cup 210
World Cup rounds 000
Oceania Championships321
Total882
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Birmingham BMX time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Auckland BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Medellín BMX time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Copenhagen BMX time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Rotterdam BMX time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Medellín BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Rock Hill BMX racing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Auckland BMX time trial
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 BMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 BMX racing
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 NerangBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 BrisbaneBMX racing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 SheppartonBMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 BrisbaneBMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AucklandBMX racing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 PukekoheBMX racing

Caroline Buchanan (born 24 October 1990) is an Australian cyclist who has won multiple world championships in BMX racing and mountain biking. She represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event.

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Personal

Nicknamed Caro, [1] Buchanan was born on 24 October 1990 in Canberra, Australia. [1] [2] She attended Duffy Primary School before going to high school at Merici College and Erindale College. [1] In September 2016, Buchanan became engaged to American BMX rider Barry Nobles [3] [4] and they married in September 2018. [5] Buchanan is 165 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 68 kilograms (150 lb). [1]

In late December, 2017, Buchanan was involved in an off-road vehicle accident. She suffered serious injuries, including a collapsed lung and spent time in an intensive care unit. [6]

Cycling

Buchanan represents Australia in BMX and mountain biking. [7] She has been coached by Wade Bootes since 2007. [1] Her primary training base is on Queensland's Gold Coast. [1] She has a cycling scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport. [1] She is a member of the Tuggeranong Vikings BMX Club. [1] She is 11× time Australian champion in BMX, [7] in 2011 World Championships Buchanan won silver medal at time trial. She is also the 2009 and 2010 4-X Champion. [2] [8] She has earned the Australian Female Mountain bike rider of the year title three times. [1]

While Buchanan was one of the best Australian BMX riders in 2008, she was not eligible for the Olympics because of her age. [1] Following the 2008 issue, she added mountain biking to her cycling disciplines. [1]

During 2012, Buchanan was focused on BMX and earning an Olympic spot in the discipline. [8] In 2012, she won a round of the Supercross, becoming the first Australian woman to do so. [8] She had the two fastest runs at the 2012 time trial event at the World Championships in Birmingham, England. [8] In May 2012, she was ranked the number one women's BMX rider in the world. [8] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event. [1]

In September 2013, Buchanan won the elite women's title at the UCI World Four Cross Championships in Leogang, Austria. She beat Anneke Beerten (Netherlands) the defending world champion. [9] In July Buchanan also won the UCI BMX World Championships in New Zealand. [9] In 2013, she won the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy for Australia's best all-round cyclist. She was the first person competing in BMX or mountain bike to win the award. [10] [11]

In May 2016, Buchanan won the Elite Women's Time Trial at the World BMX Championships in Colombia [12] and was second to Mariana Pajon in the Elite Women's BMX race.

Buchanan qualified second in the seeding at the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, she crashed during one of the semi-final rounds and did not qualify for the final. [13]

Since recovering from an accident in December 2017 she has started to compete in freestyle BMX events. [14] In October 2019 she joined the Ride Concepts team. [15] She is aiming to compete in BMX in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[ needs update ]

Results

2009
1st Arc en ciel.svg UCI Four Cross World Championship
2010
1st Arc en ciel.svg UCI Four Cross World Championship
2nd BMX World Cup
2011
2nd Elite Time Trial BMX World Championships
2012
1st Arc en ciel.svg Elite Time Trial BMX World Championships
1st BMX World Cup
5th London Olympics BMX
2013
1st Arc en ciel.svg UCI Four Cross World Championship
1st Elite Arc en ciel.svg BMX World Championships
3rd Elite Time Trial BMX World Championships
2014
1st BMX World Cup
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Elite National Championships
2nd Elite time trial BMX World Championships
2015
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Elite National Championships
2nd Elite Oceania Championships
2nd Elite BMX World Championships
2016
1st Arc en ciel.svg UCI Four Cross World Championship
1st Arc en ciel.svg Elite Time Trial BMX World Championships
2nd Elite BMX World Championships
2nd Elite Oceania Championships
Semi-finals Rio de Janeiro Olympics BMX
2017
1st Arc en ciel.svg UCI Four Cross World Championship
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Elite National Championships
2nd Elite BMX World Championships
2019
1st General Classification Banyuwangi International BMX

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Caroline Buchanan". Cycling.org.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Dutton, Chris (10 September 2016). "BMX star Caroline Buchanan buries Olympic pain with engagement and world title". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "A Day in the Life of Barry Nobles and Caroline Buchanan". BMX Union. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Dutton, Chris (4 October 2018). "Canberra BMX star Caroline Buchanan's intimate Nevada wedding". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Olympian seriously injured in car crash". BBC News. 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Caroline Buchanan". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Buchanan wins first BMX world title". Sky News. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. 1 2 "Buchanan riding high after fifth world title". The Sydney Morning Herald . Australian Associated Press. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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  12. ↑ "Elite Time Trials World Titles to Kimmann and Buchanan". Union Cycliste Internationale. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rio 2016: Caroline Buchanan crashes out of BMX semi-finals, Willoughby and Dean miss out on medals". ABC News. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Giuliani, Simone (19 December 2018). "Caroline Buchanan: Finding a way to fly again". Cycling Tips. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "RIDE CONCEPTS Welcomes Caroline Buchanan to the Factory Athlete Team". Loam Wolf. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Australian Athlete of the Year
2013
(with Kim Crow)		Succeeded by
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