Personal information | |
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Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 27 November 1986
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Team information | |
Current team | UnitedHealthcare Women's Team |
Discipline | Track and road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance (track), time trialist (road) [1] |
Professional teams | |
2013–2014 | Colavita-Fine Cooking Pro Cycling |
2015– | UnitedHealthcare Women's Team |
Medal record |
Laura Brown is a Canadian cyclist who competes on the track and road including as a member of the Canadian team pursuit team. As a reserve, Brown was part of the Canadian team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the women's team pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in the team pursuit. She also won the points race at the Manchester round of the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup. Brown took up cycling in 2002 after giving up competing in gymnastics due to an ongoing back injury. [2] In October 2014 the UnitedHealthcare Women's Team announced that Brown would be part of their squad for the 2015 season. [1]
In 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. [3]
As a young gymnast, Laura Brown always wanted to compete at the Olympic Games. But after a back injury as a teenager, she switched sports and started cycling at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. While there, she watched Canada’s top speed skaters (including Clara Hughes, Catriona Le May Doan and Cindy Klassen) train before heading off to win multiple medals at Salt Lake City 2002. Those “superheroes” fired up her Olympic dream. [4]
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