Clare Greenwood

Last updated

Clare Greenwood
Personal information
Full nameClare Greenwood
Born17 October 1958
Cardiff, Wales
Team information
DisciplineTrack & Road
RoleRider
Amateur team
1997Cardiff Byways RCC
Professional teams
1996Team CJ
19992003?MI Racing
2005-Bush Healthcare
Major wins
World Champion x2

Clare Greenwood (born 17 October 1958) is a Welsh former professional cyclist from Cardiff, Wales. She represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games, competing in the pursuit and road race 1990, Points Race, Pursuit and Road Race in 1994 and the road race in 1998. [1]

Contents

Greenwood competed in Tours in Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Japan, United States, Canada, eastern Europe and several Tours in France including the Grande Boucle Féminine between 1984 and 1989 – finishing 7th – and the Tour de EEC between 1989 and 1994. She has held every Welsh time trial record, and in 2002 held the records for 10 and 100 miles. Greenwood was world masters time trial champion in 2001, and road race champion in 2002. [2]

Palmarès

1996
1st BAR (Best All Rounder) Welsh Women's TT. Average 24.538mph
1997
1st BAR (Best All Rounder) Welsh Women's TT. Average 23.965mph
1999
1st BAR (Best All Rounder) Welsh Women's TT. Average 24.756mph
2000
1st BAR (Best All Rounder) Welsh Women's TT. Average 24.376mph
2001
1st Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png Time Trial, World Masters Championships
2002
1st Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png Road Race, World Masters Championships
2007
3rd Time Trial, World Masters Championships
4th Road Race, World Masters Championships

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kathy Watt</span> Australian cyclist

Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain . She has won 24 national championships in road racing, track racing, and mountain bike, four Commonwealth Games gold medals, and came third in the world time trial championship. She was made a life member of Blackburn Cycling Club in 1990. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Ulmer</span> New Zealand cyclist

Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer is a New Zealand former competitive cyclist. She is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the 3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics setting a world record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole Cooke</span> Welsh cyclist

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline. Cooke announced her retirement from the sport on 14 January 2013 at the age of 29.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katie Prankerd</span> Welsh cyclist (born 1988)

Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nina Davies (cyclist)</span> Welsh cyclist

Nina Davies is a Welsh racing cyclist from the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. She represented Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. She competed earlier as a road racing cyclist both for Wales and for GB, but since 2008 she mostly participates in mountain bike championships.

Geoff Cooke is a British cycling coach. He was a BCF National Cycling Coach from 1979 to 1989, a BC National Youth Sprint Coach from 2003 to 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janet Birkmyre</span> English racing cyclist

Janet Susan Birkmyre is an English track racing cyclist. She took up cycling in 2003 and raced for the first time in 2004. Since then she has been an elite British National Champion three times, winning the National Scratch race in 2012 as well as the National Derny Championships in 2015 and 2008, she has also won the National Omnium Series eight times. In addition, she has taken 49 World Masters Championship titles, plus 28 European Masters titles and 73 National Masters titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antonella Bellutti</span> Italian cyclist (born 1968)

Antonella Bellutti is an Italian racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion in track cycling.

Maxine Johnson is a female retired English racing cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Storey</span> British cyclist (born 1977)

Dame Sarah Joanne Storey is a British cyclist and swimmer, a multiple gold medallist in the Paralympic Games, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Becky James</span> Welsh cyclist (born 1991)

Rebecca Angharad James is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Mould</span> Welsh road bicycle racer

Jonathan "Jon" Mould is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport. Mould is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme which he joined in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julia Shaw (cyclist)</span>

Julia Shaw is an English racing cyclist specialising in the individual time trial, currently riding for the drag2zero.com cycling team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annette Edmondson</span> Australian cyclist (born 1991)

Annette Edmondson is an Australian former cyclist who competed on the track with Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit (HPU). She also competed on the road for the Wiggle High5 team between 2015 and 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amy Cure</span> Australian cyclist (born 1992)

Amy Louise Cure is an Australian former professional track cyclist. She cycles for Team Jayco–AIS. She has set several world records. She won a junior world championship race in 2009, and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the first person in history to medal at every endurance track event at world championship level; with three newly gained medals in the team pursuit, omnium, and madison at 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elinor Barker</span> Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)

Elinor Jane Barker is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility. Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a three-time World champion and seven-time European champion in the team pursuit, as well as a three-time World champion in the points and scratch races, a World champion in the madison, a two-time European madison champion and one time European elimination race champion. Representing Wales, Barker was also the points race champion at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amy Roberts</span> Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)

Amy Rose Roberts is a Welsh racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Parkhotel Valkenburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ciara Horne</span> British (and former Irish) racing cyclist

Ciara Maurizia Horne is a British racing cyclist. Having formerly represented Ireland at an international level, Horne has switched nationality and currently rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and also races on the road for the Breast Cancer Care racing team. Horne formed part of the Great Britain team who became 2014 European champions in the team pursuit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Owain Doull</span> British road cyclist

Owain Daniel Doull is a Welsh road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. Doull specialises in the team pursuit on the track, and won a gold medal in the discipline at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro; as a result, he became the first Welsh-speaking athlete to win Olympic gold.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elynor Bäckstedt</span> British cyclist

Elynor Megan Bäckstedt-Calvert is a Welsh professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. At the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior time trial event, repeating her achievement from the previous World Championships.

References

  1. "Athlete Profiles". The Commonwealth Games Federation.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Interview with Clare Greenwood" (PDF). LVRC. April 2002.[ permanent dead link ]