Personal information | |
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Full name | Manon Rose Carpenter |
Born | Wales United Kingdom | 11 March 1993
Team information | |
Current team | Radon Factory DH |
Discipline | MTB |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | DH |
Professional team | |
2011–2016 | Madison Saracen |
Major wins | |
GBR DH National Champion UCI DH World Champion Junior UCI DH World Cup Champion Junior UCI DH World Champion UCI DH World Cup Champion | |
Medal record |
Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993) [1] is a Welsh, professional racing cyclist formerly specialising in downhill mountain bike racing.
Carpenter is from Caerphilly, South Wales. [2] She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who also ran a DH race series in South Wales. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in Manchester. [3]
In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the Junior UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2013, Manon came third in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2014 Manon took the world cup overall title and completed the season with the world championship at Hafjell earning the rainbow colour jersey.
She became a double world champion in 2014, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship and the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Downhill Series. She was also named Elite Cyclist of the Year at the USN Welsh Cycling Awards. [2]
In November 2016 she announced that she was leaving Madison Saracen.
In August 2017 Carpenter announced her retirement from Downhill racing with immediate effect. [4]
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