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Lee Craigie (born 20 December 1978) is the Active Nation Commissioner for Scotland. [1] and official representative of walking, cycling and physical activity across the nation. [2] A former professional mountain bike racer [3] and director of the Adventure Syndicate. [4] Craigie and her work has been featured in The Scotsman , [5] BBC News, [6] The Press and Journal , [7] The Courier [8] and more.
Born in Glasgow, Craigie grew up in a sporting family and these early experiences led to her studying outdoor education as her first degree. [9] She worked as a technical mountain guide in America and Australia, before training as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. [10] She started mountain biking in 2006 and represented Great Britain in 2011 and 2012 at the World MTB Championships. [11]
In 2013 she joined the Cannondale team [12] and later that year won the senior women's race at Cathkin Braes, Glasgow, becoming the UK national cross country champion. [13] Craigie represented Scotland at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 7th place in the cross-country race, also held at Cathkin Braes. [14] In 2016 she won the UK 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships [15] and in that same year was part of the women's team that set the record time for the North Coast 500. [16]
Craigie founded Cycletherapy in 2009 using a grant from the Scottish Government to deliver cycle training to marginalised young people in the Scottish Highlands. [17] She is an ambassador for the charity Venture Trust [18] and uses her work with the Adventure Syndicate to inspire adolescent girls to be more physically active. [19]
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