Tracey Hannah

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Tracey Hannah
Tracey Hannah from Polygon UR Team - World Tour Downhill Crankworx Whistler by Polygon Bikes.jpg
Hannah in 2018
Personal information
Born (1988-06-13) 13 June 1988 (age 36)
Cairns, Australia
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight116 lb (53 kg)
Team information
Current teamNS Bikes UR
DisciplineMountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typeDownhill
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Women's Mountain biking
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Rotorua Junior downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Fort William Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Pietermaritzburg Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Vallnord Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Val di Sole Downhill

Tracey Hannah (born 13 June 1988 in Cairns, Australia) is a professional downhill bike rider. She raced her first national BMX title when she was 4 years old. Tracey chose to do MTB when she saw Mick Hannah (her eldest brother of four) was racing down a hill very fast on an MTB camp in 1997.

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When she was 13 her parents let her try downhill riding. As soon as she was 14, she raced for the national titles in elite, and she came in 2nd place. For 7 years, she was Australian National Champion. After that, she started racing overseas and her results were; First in the NORBA Series overall, A Junior World Championship, Third in a World Cup overall, Third in Elite World Championships, and she has won a World Cup Round.

In 2012 her best places were 1st and 2nd out of 7 rounds of the World Cup Series, and she finished 4th Overall. However, she missed out on racing the 6th, and 7th rounds. During practice for the 6th round, she crashed and was helicoptered out to the nearest hospital. She had broken her femur, collarbone, bruised a lung, and had a hematoma.

Her first race, after recovering from her injury, was 7 months later in February 2013. This was the Australian National Championships, and she took first place. She was the National Champion for 2013.

Team

Tracey Hannah is currently racing for the NS bikes UR team as a Downhill rider.

Achievement

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References

  1. "AusCycling | Home Page".
  2. "Tracey HANNAH's results".