Nicole Freedman

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Nicole Freedman
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Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 51)
Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist. [1]

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Early life and career

Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. [1] [2] [3] [4] She attended MIT, and then Stanford University. [1] [4] Among the teams she has competed on are Shaklee (1997–1998), Charles Schwab (1999–2000), Credit Suisse First Boston (2001), RONA (2002), and Basis (2003–). [1]

In 1997, she was a US National Team member. [1] She was a member of the US cycling team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia (and competed in the 119.7 km women's road race), and won the 64-mile (103 km) US National Championship Road Race. [1] [2] In 2001, she won the US National Championship Criterium. In 2003, she came in second in the Israel National Championship road race. [1]

In 2001, she was honored by the US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5]

In 2007, Freedman became head of the "Boston Bikes" initiative for the City of Boston under Mayor Thomas Menino. [6] [7]

On April 3, 2012, Freedman announced that she would become the Executive Director of Maine Huts & Trails, transitioning into the role that April and replacing David Herring as the second full-time Executive Director for the organization. [8]

Nicole returned to the position of Director of the Boston Bikes program in January 2013. [9]

Freedman resigned from Boston Bikes in March 2015 pending a move to Seattle, Washington. [10]

Subsequently she became the Chief of Active Transportation & Partnerships in the Seattle Department of Transportation per their organizational chart of July 2015 [11] She was located in the Transit and Mobility group and worked on the Puget Sound Bike Share initiative as well as a new Summer Parkways program. [12]

On September 12, 2016, Nicole was appointed to be Director of Transportation for the City of Newton, MA.

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