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Alison Sydor

1966 - Today

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Alison Jane Sydor (born September 9, 1966) is a Canadian retired professional cross-country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike, and has won three world mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 in Vail, Colorado; 1995 in Kirchzarten, Germany; and 1996 in Cairns, Australia) and the 2002 relay race in Kaprun, 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Alison Sydor is the 823rd most popular cyclist (down from 727th in 2024), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,011th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Alison Sydor ranks 823 out of 1,613. Before her are Mikel Nieve, Sergio Barbero, Carlos Verona, Jörg Jaksche, Tristan Hoffman, and Fredrik Kessiakoff. After her are Xavier Tondo, Yauheni Hutarovich, Frédéric Guesdon, Alexander Symonenko, Marcus Ljungqvist, and Patxi Vila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Alison Sydor ranks 923. Before her are Éric Caravaca, Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Juan Antonio Orenga, Sandra Schumacher, Kim Pan-keun, and Anita Nair. After her are Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Rachel Dratch, Michael Irvin, Vinny Del Negro, Jeff Tremaine, and Pauline Davis-Thompson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alison Sydor ranks 1,093 out of 1,622. Before her are Cindy Klassen (1979), Ed Belfour (1965), Tessa Virtue (1989), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (1987), Ty Olsson (1974), and Joe Thornton (1979). After her are Tracy Wilson (1961), Alexander Calvert (1990), Dustin Milligan (1985), Kevin McDonald (1961), David Pelletier (1974), and Stephan James (1993).

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Among CYCLISTS In Canada

Among cyclists born in Canada, Alison Sydor ranks 3. Before her are Steve Bauer (1959), and Ryder Hesjedal (1980). After her are Michael Woods (1986), Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966), Brian Walton (1965), Michael Barry (1975), Svein Tuft (1977), Derek Gee (1997), Tara Whitten (1980), Curt Harnett (1965), and Laura Brown (1986).

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