Anne Samplonius

Anne Samplonius
Personal information
Born (1968-02-11) February 11, 1968 (age 56)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States[1][2]
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[2]
Team information
DisciplineRoad cycling
Professional teams
1998Quebec Air Transat[3]
2000Saturn Cycling Team[3]
2001Intersport[3]
2003TDS[3]
2007Team Expresscopy.com[3]
2009Team Lip Smacker[4]
2011–2012NOW and Novartis for MS[5][6]

Anne Samplonius (born February 11, 1968) is a road cyclist from Canada. She was born in the United States, has lived most of her life in Canada, and is a citizen of both countries. Samplonius graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor's degree in Recreational Administration in 1992.[7] She was a silver medallist in the time trial at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships, and was a double winner of the Canadian National Time Trial Championships.[1] Samplonius also won the gold medal in the time trial at the 2007 Pan American Games.[8] She represented her nation at the 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[9] She competed in 12 World Championships during her career, and retired from racing at the end of 2012. Following her retirement Samplonius joined Trek Factory Racing as their content manager in November 2013, after working as online digital editor for the RusVelo team in 2012.[1][7] She also works as a cycling coach.[7]

From at least 1992[10] to 2007,[11] she lived in Brampton.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anne Samplonius". Trek Factory Racing. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Anne Samplonius". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Anne Samplonius". Cycling Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "Anne Samplonius". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ^ Lukas, Sarah (August 26, 2011). "Phil Keoghan launches NOW and Novartis for MS women's team". VeloNews. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ^ "Farina leads NOW and Novartis for MS women's team in 2012". cyclingnews.com. February 2, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Anne Samplonius". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  8. ^ Ewing, Lori (July 16, 2007). "Canada racks up Pan Am medals; Cyclist Anne Samplonius wins gold". Brantford Expositor. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  9. ^ "Anne Samplonius". procyclingstats.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  10. ^ "Ontario summer games: Local cyclists get golden ride", The Windsor Star, 24 August 1992, C5.
  11. ^ "Games Glance", Toronto Star, 21 July 2007, S2.


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