Australian cyclist (born 1996)
Alexandra Manly (born 28 February 1996) is an Australian professionalracing cyclist , who currently races forUCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal .[ 5] She also rodeLiv AlUla Jayco between 2022 and 2024 andMitchelton–Scott between 2015 and 2019.[ 6]
Manly qualified for theTokyo 2020 Olympics . She was a member of the Women's pursuit team. The team, consisting ofAshlee Ankudinoff ,Georgia Baker ,Annette Edmondson , andMaeve Plouffe in addition to Manly, finished fifth.[ 7]
Manly was born inKalgoorlie ,Western Australia , but now lives inSouth Australia . Before taking up cycling, Manly had previously tried basketball, cross country running, netball, hockey, tennis, javelin, and steeple chase.[ 8] [ 9]
2013 1st Team pursuit (with Samantha Fromentein & Stacey Riedel),National Junior Championships 2014 UCI Junior World Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit National Junior Championships 1st Individual pursuit 3rd Points race 3rd Team pursuit,National Championships 2015 1st Team pursuit,2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup , Cali National Championships 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Points race 2016 1st Team pursuit, Oceania Championships 1st Madison,National Championships 2017 1st Team pursuit,National Championships UCI World Championships 2ndTeam pursuit 3rdMadison 2018 1stTeam pursuit ,Commonwealth Games National Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Omnium 2nd Madison 2019 1stTeam pursuit ,UCI World Championships 1stPoints race ,UCI World Championships
2000s 2010s 2010 :Australia (Ankudinoff ,Kent ,Tomic )2011 :Great Britain (3) (Trott ,Houvenaghel ,King )2012 :Great Britain (4) (Trott ,Rowsell ,King )2013 :Great Britain (5) (Trott ,E Barker ,King )2014 :Great Britain (6) (Trott ,E Barker ,Rowsell ,Archibald )2015 :Australia (2) (Edmundson ,Ankudinoff ,Cure ,Hoskins )2016 :United States (Catlin ,Dygert ,Valente ,Hammer )2017 :United States (2) (Catlin ,Dygert ,Valente ,Geist )2018 :United States (3) (Catlin ,Dygert ,Valente ,Geist )2019 :Australia (3) (Edmundson ,Ankudinoff ,Cure ,Baker ,Manly )2020s 2020 :United States (4) (Dygert ,Valente ,White ,Williams )2021 :Germany (Brauße ,Brennauer ,Kröger ,Süßemilch )2022 :Italy (Balsamo ,Consonni ,Fidanza ,Guazzini ,Alzini )2023 :Great Britain (7) (Archibald ,E Barker ,Knight ,Morris ,M Barker )2024 :Great Britain (8) (Archibald ,Roberts ,Knight ,Morris ,M Barker )2025 :Italy (2) (Alzini ,Fidanza ,Guazzini ,Venturelli ,Consonni )Riders initalics took part in the qualifying rounds.