Bianca Woolford
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| Full name | Bianca Woolford | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1991 Whyalla, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||
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Bianca Woolford (born 20 July 1991) [1] is an Australian para-cyclist with cerebral palsy.[2] In 2014, she won two silver medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.
Personal[edit]
Woolford was born 20 July 1991 in Whyalla, South Australia.[1] She has cerebral palsy, which was caused from a seizure due to asphyxiation at birth.[2] Her parents are Tania and Michael.[2] She lives in Port Lincoln, South Australia.[2]
Sports career[edit]
At the age of eighteen, she attended an Australian Paralympic Committee Talent Search day in Adelaide, South Australia.[2] Subsequently, she attended a training day the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) and offered a scholarship.[2] Ben Cook was appointed her coach. Being located in Port Lincoln, she was required to travel to SASI once every two weeks for coaching.[2] In 2013,at the National Para-Cycling Road Championships in Echuca, Victoria, she won a gold medal in the Women's Trial Trial.[2] In 2014, at her first UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship in Greenville, South Carolina, she won silver medals in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1.[3]
At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Nottwil, Switzerland, she finished fourth in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1.[4][5]
Recognition[edit]
- 2014 - South Australian Institute of Sport Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Profile - Bianca Woolford". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Barnes, Olivia (16 May 2013). "Bianca's an inspiration". Eyre Peninsula Tribune. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Eight medals for Australia at Para-cycling Road World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 2 August. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Cycling Dominate 2014 SASI Awards!". South Australian Sports Institute News, 21 November. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.