Manon Carpenter

Manon Carpenter
Personal information
Full name	Manon Rose Carpenter
Born	11 March 1993 (age 33); Error creating thumbnail: Wales; File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Team information
Current team	Radon Factory DH
Discipline	MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	DH
Professional team
2011–2016	Madison Saracen
Major wins
	United Kingdom GBR DH National Champion; UCI DH World Champion Junior; UCI DH World Cup Champion Junior; UCI DH World Champion; UCI DH World Cup Champion
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Women's Mountain Bike
World Championships

Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993)^[1] is a Welsh, professional racing cyclist formerly specialising in downhill mountain bike racing.

Carpenter is from Caerphilly, South Wales.^[2] She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who also ran a DH race series in South Wales. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in Manchester.^[3]

In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the Junior UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2013, Manon came third in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2014 Manon took the world cup overall title and completed the season with the world championship at Hafjell earning the rainbow colour jersey.

She became a double world champion in 2014, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship and the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Downhill Series. She was also named Elite Cyclist of the Year at the USN Welsh Cycling Awards.^[2]

In November 2016 she announced that she was leaving Madison Saracen.

In August 2017 Carpenter announced her retirement from Downhill racing with immediate effect.^[4]

Results

2011: 1st United Kingdom DH, Junior British National Mountain Biking Championships; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Junior, Champéry, France; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall Junior

2012: 1st United Kingdom DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Elite, Leogang, Austria

2013: 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall

2014: 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Hafjell, Norway

2015: 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France; 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland; DSQ* DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Leogang, Austria; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Lenzerheide, Switzerland; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada; 2nd DH UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Windham, New York, United States; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 7, Val di Sole, Italy; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Vallnord, Andorra; * Disqualified for leaving track & rejoining further down the track; 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland; 3rd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland; 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 3, Llangollen, Wales; 2nd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 4, Bala, Wales; 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 5, Moelfre, Wales; 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 6, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales; 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Series Overall

2016 - British Downhill Series: 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland

2016 - UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Cairns, Australia; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland; 5th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria; 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada^[5]

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External links

Official website

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v t e File:Jersey rainbow.svg UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Women's downhill File:Jersey rainbow.svg
1990–1999	1990: File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cindy Devine (CAN) 1991: File:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanna Bonazzi (ITA) 1992: Juli Furtado (USA) 1993: File:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanna Bonazzi (ITA) 1994: Missy Giove (USA) 1995: Leigh Donovan (USA) 1996: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 1997: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 1998: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 1999: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)
2000–2009	2000: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 2001: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 2002: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 2003: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 2004: File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Vanessa Quin (NZL) 2005: File:Flag of France.svg Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA) 2006: File:Flag of France.svg Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) 2007: File:Flag of France.svg Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) 2008: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rachel Atherton (GBR) 2009: File:Flag of France.svg Emmeline Ragot (FRA)
2010–2019	2010: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tracy Moseley (GBR) 2011: File:Flag of France.svg Emmeline Ragot (FRA) 2012: File:Flag of France.svg Morgane Charre (FRA) 2013: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rachel Atherton (GBR) 2014: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manon Carpenter (GBR) 2015: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rachel Atherton (GBR) 2016: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rachel Atherton (GBR) 2017: File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Miranda Miller (CAN) 2018: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rachel Atherton (GBR) 2019: File:Flag of France.svg Myriam Nicole (FRA)
2020–2029	2020: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Camille Balanche (SUI) 2021: File:Flag of France.svg Myriam Nicole (FRA) 2022: File:Flag of Austria.svg Valentina Höll (AUT) 2023: File:Flag of Austria.svg Valentina Höll (AUT) 2024: File:Flag of Austria.svg Valentina Höll (AUT)

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