Gwendalyn Gibson

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Gwendalyn Gibson
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Disciplines Cross-country
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Medal record
Women's Mountain bike racing
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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Gwendalyn Gibson is an American professional mountain bike rider from Southern California. She competes in cross-country, short track, and eliminator mountain bike racing. She was the 2016 national champion and competed at the 2017 worlds in Cairns, Australia. [1] [2]

She won her first World Cup at the UCI round in Snoeshow, West Virginia. She won bronze at the 2022 MTB short track world championships in Les Gets, France, behind winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and silver medalist Alessandra Keller. [3]

Gibson continues to compete professionally and is considered one of the top American female mountain bikers in cross-country and short track racing. She aims to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in mountain biking.

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References

Citations
  1. "USA NATIONAL CHAMPION GWENDALYN GIBSON JOINS NORCO BICYCLES - Norco News". www.norco.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. Bauer-Brown, Kristin (21 March 2017). "Hometown girl wins on world stage". Ramona Sentinel. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. "Gwendalyn Gibson scores breakout bronze for USA at MTB short track world championships". Velo News.
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