Sara Symington
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Symington |
| Born |
September 5, 1969 England United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road & Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004 | S.A.T.S. |
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Infobox last updated on 28 May 2008 | |
Sara Symington (born 25 September 1969)[2] is an English former professional cyclist. She was the first British female rider to take a medal in a World Cup race, which she achieved in Australia in 1999. She had competed as a javelin thrower as a junior,[3] and she was a member of the national triathlon team prior to becoming a full-time cyclist. Symington started her elite triathlon career whilst combining studying for a master's degree with a spell serving in the police, having previously graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in sports science.[3] She represented Great Britain at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and England at the 1998 & 2002.Commonwealth Games She also rode at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 UCI Road World Championships[4] and on the track at the 2001 and 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Symington retired from competition after the 2004 Olympics: following this she worked in business for two years, before returning to the sports world through working as a performance advisor for UK Sport.[3][5] She was subsequently appointed performance director of Archery GB in February 2009.[6] In February 2015 England Netball announced that she would join them as their performance director the following month.[5]
Symington was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, she now lives in Nottingham.[7]
Palmarès
- 2000
- 2nd British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st: Tour of Spain
- 1st Tour of Montreal
- 10th Olympic Games
- 6th World Championships
- 2001
- 3rd Pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 7th Liberty Classic, Philadelphia
- 6th Montreal World Cup
- 8th Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st (stage win) Tour de L'aude
- 2002
- 8th Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st: (stage win) Tour de L'aude
References
- ↑ "Sara Symonds Olympic Profile". British Olympic Association.
- ↑ "Sara Symington". Cycle Base.
- 1 2 3 Vernon, Annie (3 March 2015). "International Women's Day interview: Team GB's Sara Symington". Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Sara Symington". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Sara Symington appointed as Performance Director". England Netball. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ Gibson, Owen; Kessel, Anna; Jackson, Jamie; Bierley, Steve; Bull, Andy; Moore, Richard (27 July 2009). "Only three years to go but will our athletes be ready?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "GB CYCLING TEAM PROFILES". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007.