Alex Greenfield Explained
Alex Greenfield |
Fullname: | Alexandra Greenfield |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1990 |
Birth Place: | Barry, Wales, United Kingdom |
Discipline: | Road and track |
Role: | Coach Technical director Directeur sportif |
Amateuryears1: | |
Amateurteam1: | Maindy Flyers |
Amateuryears2: | |
Amateurteam2: | Cardiff Ajax CC |
Proyears1: | 2007 |
Proteam1: | Pinarello Racing Team |
Proyears2: | 2010 |
Proteam2: | Horizon Fitness[1] |
Manageyears1: | 2017 |
Alexandra Greenfield (born 1990) is a Welsh former road and track cyclist from Barry. She began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax CC. Greenfield holds the record for the 5 km Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Katie Curtis, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set in Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.[2] She transitioned from 's former technical director and assistant directeur sportif, to be Cycling New Zealand's women's endurance assistant coach by mid-2018.[3]
She became the British junior scratch race champion in 2007 as well as the junior European points race champion. In 2008, Greenfield retained her European points race title and added another title as a member of the junior team pursuit squad. She made her debut to the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in the 2008–2009 season, taking third place in the scratch race in the first round in Manchester.
Palmarès
Track
- 2006
2nd points race, British National Track Championships (Senior category - despite being only 16)
1st 15km points race, British National Track Championships - Youth
1st 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Youth
- 2007
1st points race, European Track Championships - Junior
2nd British National Derny Championships
3rd WCRA Derny Championships
1st 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Junior
- 2008
1st points race, European Track Championships - Junior
1st team pursuit, European Track Championships - Junior
3rd pursuit, British National Track Championships - Junior
3rd scratch race, 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2009
1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Dani King)[4]
- 2010
4th scratch race, 2010 Commonwealth Games[5] Road
- 2003
2nd British National Circuit Race Championships - under 14
- 2004
1st girl, Kerry Youth Tour, (IRL)
- 2006
6th Tour de Junior Achterveld (NDL)External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Horizon Fitness: Kona Bikes & New Signings . . 17 January 2010 . British Cycling. 10 January 2015.
- Web site: A New Record. 12 June 2008. 30 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052131/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888. dead.
- News: Changes and additions to cycling high performance coaching team . 13 June 2018 . RoadCycling.co.nz . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Keirin success for Hoy . . 24 October 2009 . . 9 January 2015.
- Web site: Commonwealth Games 2010: Cycling results . . 30 September 2014 . bbc.co.uk. 9 January 2015.