Erica Green (cyclist)

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Erica Green
Personal information
Full nameErica Lynn Green Groenewald
Born (1970-09-25) 25 September 1970 (age 54)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road cycling
RoleRider

Erica Lynn Green Groenewald (born 25 September 1970) is a mountain bike rider and road cyclist from South Africa. She represented her nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics on the road in the women's road race and on the mountain bike in the women's cross-country and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's cross-country. [1]

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References

  1. "Erica Green". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2015.