 Sydor at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alison Jane Sydor |
| Born | (1966-09-09)September 9, 1966 (age 58) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Mountain bike androad |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Mountain bike: cross-country |
| Major wins | |
| 2008 Absa Cape Epic Women's Category 2009 Absa Cape Epic Mixed Category | |
Medal record | |
Alison Jane Sydor (born September 9, 1966) is aCanadian retired professionalcross-country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of theUniversity of Victoria. She won a silver medal at the1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike,[1] and has won threeworld mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 inVail, Colorado; 1995 inKirchzarten, Germany; and 1996 inCairns, Australia) and the 2002 relay race inKaprun, Austria.
Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003) and three bronze (1998, 1999 (relay race), 2004) at mountain bike world championships, and one bronze at the road world championships (1991). In addition, Sydor has won 17 World Cup (cross-country) races in her career, and for 13 consecutive years (1992–2004) never finished outside of the top-5 at the world championships.
In 1995 and 1996, Sydor was awarded theVelma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete.
In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into theMountain Bike Hall of Fame.
In December 2007 it was announced that Sydor would be inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2008 at a ceremony on May 29, 2008.
Sydor and teammatePia Sundstedt won the Women's Category in the AbsaCape Epic in 2008. Sydor then came back to win the Mixed Category withNico Pfitzenmaier in 2009.
In 2013, Sydor was inducted intoCanada's Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
| 1990–1999 | |
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| 2000–2009 | |
| 2010–2019 | |
| 2020–2029 | |
