Nicole Freedman

Nicole Freedman
Personal information
Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 52)
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Team information
RoleRider

Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist.[1]

Early life and career

Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[1][2][3][4] She attended MIT, and then Stanford University.[1][4] Among the teams she has competed on are Shaklee (1997–1998), Charles Schwab (1999–2000), Credit Suisse First Boston (2001), RONA (2002), and Basis (2003–).[1]

In 1997, she was a US National Team member.[1] She was a member of the US cycling team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia (and competed in the 119.7 km women's road race), and won the 64-mile (103 km) US National Championship Road Race.[1][2] In 2001, she won the US National Championship Criterium. In 2003, she came in second in the Israel National Championship road race.[1]

In 2001, she was honored by the US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5]

In 2007, Freedman became head of the "Boston Bikes" initiative for the City of Boston under Mayor Thomas Menino.[6][7]

On April 3, 2012, Freedman announced that she would become the executive director of Maine Huts & Trails, transitioning into the role that April and replacing David Herring as the second full-time Executive Director for the organization.[8]

Nicole returned to the position of Director of the Boston Bikes program in January 2013.[9]

Freedman resigned from Boston Bikes in March 2015 pending a move to Seattle, Washington.[10]

Subsequently, she became the Chief of Active Transportation & Partnerships in the Seattle Department of Transportation per their organizational chart of July 2015[11] She was located in the Transit and Mobility group and worked on the Puget Sound Bike Share initiative as well as a new Summer Parkways program.[12]

On September 12, 2016, Nicole was appointed to be Director of Transportation for the City of Newton, MA.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kristy Scrymgeour (November 6, 2003). "An interview with Nicole Freedman; Israel, here I come!". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. ^ Seligman, Ruth A. (October 4, 2005). "Jewish Women's Calendar Celebrates Sports Stars". Women's eNews. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Freedman, Nicole". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  5. ^ "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.org. March 25, 2001. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  6. ^ Boston Bikes, City of Boston website
  7. ^ "Nicole Freedman: Boston's new bike czar" Archived June 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, activeliving.com
  8. ^ "Main Huts & Trails". Mainehuts.org. April 4, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  9. ^ "Nicole Freedman Returns as Director of Boston Bikes" Archived January 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, City of Boston, Mayor's Office, January 3, 2013
  10. ^ "Boston's top biking official leaving for Seattle - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/seattlebicycleadvisoryboard/minutes/sbabjuneminutesfinal15.pdf [bare URL PDF]