Personal information | |
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Full name | Molly Shaffer Van Houweling |
Born | United States | January 3, 1973
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Time Triallist |
Amateur teams | |
2007 | JL Velo Cycling Team |
2007–2013 | Metromint Cycling |
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (born March 1, 1973) is an American cyclist, academic and legal scholar. Van Houweling is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law and served as the chair of the board of Creative Commons. [1] Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly. [2] She received her J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1998. After law school she clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then in 2000-2001 for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court. She was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School before moving to UC Berkeley. [3]
In addition to her work as a legal academic and copyright activist, Shaffer Van Houweling is also a competitive bicycle racer. On September 12, 2015, she set a new Hour record by cycling 46.273 km in an hour. [4] Van Houweling is also a six-time UCI Amateur Road World Champion, most recently winning the time trial titles at the 2018 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Varese, Italy.
Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m) [N 1] | Notes |
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December 2014 | Carson, CA, United States | 44.173 | 1892 (+) | New national record. Beat Carolyn Donnellys 44.028 km distance set in 1990. [6] |
February 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 45.637 | 698 (+) | New national record. [7] |
July 7, 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.088 | 23 (-) | New national record. This attempt also beat the previous UCI hour record of 46.065 km but as Van Houweling was not part of the athletes biological passport programme the attempt did not count. [8] [9] |
September 12, 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.273 | 208 (-) | Beat the 12-year-old record held by Dutchwoman Leontien van Moorsel. Note, Van Moorsel rode a 'Merckx-style' bike. [4] |
Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m) [N 2] | Notes |
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July 15, 2017 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 47.061 | 973 (+) | New national record and world best performance for Women 40-44, exceeding Van Houweling's own W40-44 record set on July 7, 2015. |
September 24, 2018 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.897 | 5,658 (-) | New national record and world best performance for Women 45-49, exceeding Lillian Pfluke's W45-49 US and World record set in of 41.239 set in Manchester, England in 2006. |
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