Alison_Dunlap

Alison Dunlap

Alison Dunlap

American cyclist

Alison Dunlap (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional cyclist. She won the world cross-country mountain bike championship in 2001 and two Mountain Bike World Cup races. She also won the Redlands Bicycle Classic on the road in 1996.

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Dunlap represented the United States in the road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the cross-country mountain bike event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Major achievements

  • UCI Tissot Mountain Bike World Cup Champion (2002)
  • UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country (XC) World Champion (2001)
  • Olympic Games 2000: mountain bike, 7th
  • Olympic Games 1996: road race
  • Pan American Games: gold medallist (cross country): (1999)
  • 3x  United States National cross-country champion: (1999, 2002, 2004)
  • 3x  United States National short-track cross-country champion: (1999, 2002, 2004)
  • 6x  United States National cyclo-cross champion: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
  •  United States National Road and Omnium Collegiate champion: (1991)
  • U.S. Olympic Festival gold medallist (road race) (1993)
  • UCI Tissot World Cup: 2nd overall (2000)
  • 8x World Mountain Bike Championship: (1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
  • World Road Cycling Championships: 1993–94 (bronze), (1998–99)
  • World Cyclo-Cross Championships: 2004 (5th), 2002 (4th), 2000 (7th)
  • UCI World Cup wins (mtb): two (cross-country); one in cyclo-cross (2002)
  • Finished on the podium (top 5) in all UCI World Cup races (2000, 2002)
  • National race wins: eight (cross-country), fourteen (short-track cross-country)
  • Sea Otter Classic: 1st overall (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004); stage winner (1999–2004)
  • Hewlett Packard International Women's Challenge (road) stage winner: (1993, 1996, 1997, 2001)
  • Redlands Cycling Classic (road) 1st overall, one stage win: (2000, 1996)
  • Tour of Willamette (road) 1st overall, two stage wins: (2001)
  • Iceman Cometh Challenge 1st place (2009)

Accolades

  • Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2003)
  • VeloNews North American Female Cyclist of the Year (2002, 1999)
  • Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Female Athlete of the Year (2002)
  • Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Amateur Athlete of the Year (2001)
  • Colorado Sportswoman of the Year (2001)
  • Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph Athlete of the Year (2001)
  • Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee (2000).
  • Named to the Top Ten Greatest Colorado Female Athletes of All Time by the Denver Post (1999)
  • U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete of the Month (June 1997, December 1999, - December 2000, September 2001)
  • USA Cycling's nominee for 1998, 1999 and 2001 USOC SportsWoman of the Year
  • USA Cycling's nominee for the 2001 James E. Sullivan Award
  • Three-time VISA/USA Cycling Elite Mountain Bike Female Athlete of the Year (1997, 1998, 1999)
  • US Collegiate Road Champion (1991) and Overall Omnium Champion (1991)

Education

Dunlap was the 1987 valedictorian at Smoky Hill High School.[1] She gained a bachelor's degree in biology in 1991 at Colorado College.[2]

Personal life

Dunlap was born in Denver, Colorado, and is married to the cyclist Greg Frozley.[3] She has a child, Emmett, born on October 26, 2010.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dunlap In Colorado Springs Hall of Fame". USA Cycling. November 10, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  2. [2]
    Flynn, Sarah Wassner (May 7, 2011). "Alison Dunlap goes from fat tires to baby steps". ESPN W. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Medcroft, Steve (August 29, 2005). "Ending an Era – An Interview with Alison Dunlap". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
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