Australian Paralympic cyclist
Erin Rowell
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| Nationality | Australian |
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| Born | (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983 (age 41) |
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| Country | Australia |
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| Sport | Cycling |
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| Disability class | C4 |
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Erin Rowell (née Normoyle) (born 19 January 1983)[1] is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She won a bronze medal at her first Para-cycling Track World Championships. Prior to transferring to cycling, she was an international motocross rider.
Personal
In 2010, she was involved in a serious head-on motor vehicle accident near Red Bud, Illinois. She suffered multiple fractures to her leg, as well as chest and rib injuries.[2] Rowell with her husband Ryan operate in the TORQ F1T fitness centre in Torquay, Victoria.[3]
Sport
In 2004, she moved to the United States to pursue a career in motocross riding and further
her modelling career.
In 2022, Rowell became first AusCycling’s Fast Track program to be selected to a national team after her earning selection for the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[4] In 2024, She is classified as C4 rider.
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C5 and finished 11th in the Women's Individual Pursuit C5.[1]
2023 Para UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C4.
At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she finished fourth in the Women's Time Trial C4 and ninth in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4. [5]
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