Alison Sydor

Alison Sydor

File:Sydor0103 209.jpg Sydor at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic
Personal information
Full name	Alison Jane Sydor
Born	(1966-09-09) September 9, 1966 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Team information
Discipline	Mountain bike and road
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 Representing Canada Women's mountain bike racing Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Cross-country World Championships Gold medal – first place 1994 Vail Cross-country Gold medal – first place 1995 Kirchzarten Cross-country Gold medal – first place 1996 Cairns Cross-country Gold medal – first place 2002 Kaprun Team cross-country Silver medal – second place 1992 Bromont Cross-country Silver medal – second place 1999 Åre Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2000 Sierra Nevada Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2001 Vail Cross-country Silver medal – second place 2003 Lugano Cross-country Bronze medal – third place 1998 Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-country Bronze medal – third place 1999 Åre Team cross-country Bronze medal – third place 2004 Les Gets Cross-country Women's road bicycle racing World Championships Bronze medal – third place 1991 Stuttgart Road race

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). 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 the Velma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete.

In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into the Mountain 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 teammate Pia Sundstedt won the Women's Category in the Absa Cape Epic in 2008. Sydor then came back to win the Mixed Category with Nico Pfitzenmaier in 2009.

In 2013, Sydor was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

Major results

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

• Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1994, 1995, 1996; Team Relay: 2002)
• Silver Medal (Cross Country: 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
• Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1998, 2004; Team Relay: 1999)

UCI Road World Championships

• Bronze Medal (1991)

Summer Olympics

• Silver Medal (1996)
• 4th Place (2004)
• 5th Place (2000)

Commonwealth Games

• Silver Medal (Team Time Trial: 1994)
• Bronze Medal (Road Race: 1994)

Pan American Games

• Gold Medal (1995)
• Silver Medal (1999)

Absa Cape Epic

• 1st Place Ladies Category 2008
• 1st Place Mixed Category 2009

External links

• Mountain Bike Hall of Fame entry
• Alison Sydor at Cycling Archives (archive)
• Alison Sydor at ProCyclingStats
• Alison Sydor at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Alison Sydor at Team Canada
• Alison Sydor at Olympics.com
• Alison Sydor at Olympic.org (archived)
• Alison Sydor at Olympedia
• Alison Sydor at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)