Tara Whitten


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Birth date
Age
13/07/1980 - Toronto (CAN) 
32
Height
Weight
Gender
166 cm / 5'5" 
67 kg / 148 lbs 
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Sport
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World Championships

Year Venue Points Race Scratch 3km Individual Pursuit Omnium Team Pursuit
2011/2012 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 5 4 3
2010/2011 Apeldoorn, NED 1 6
2009/2010 Ballerup, DEN 1 9 1 6
2008/2009 Pruszkow, POL 11 15 7 2

Pan American Championships

Year Venue Points Race 3km Individual Pursuit Omnium Team Sprint Team Pursuit
2009/2010 Hidalgo, MEX 3 1 1 2 3

World Cup Overview 2008 - 2012

Year Venue Points Race Scratch 3km Individual Pursuit Omnium Team Pursuit
2011/2012 London, GBR 2
2011/2012 Cali, COL 2
2010/2011 Beijing, CHN 1 2
2010/2011 Cali, COL 2
2010/2011 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 2
2009/2010 Beijing, CHN 3 3
2009/2010 Cali, COL 2 2 1
2008/2009 Ballerup, DEN 2
2008/2009 Cali, COL 3 3
2008/2009 Manchester, GBR 2 2

World Cup (Ranking)

Year Points Race Scratch 3km Individual Pursuit Omnium
2011/2012 4
2010/2011 1
2009/2010 5 4
2008/2009 7 8 2

Occupation

Athlete, Student

Education

Neurological Science - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CAN

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Tibco

Coach

Linda Jackson (cyclingarchives.com, 2012)

Sporting relatives

She was a cross country skier before making the transition to track cycling. She competed at the 2005 World Nordic Ski Championships. (velodrome.org.uk, 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began track cycling in 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta. She started to take the sport seriously in 2007. (youtube.com, 30 Oct 2009; thestar.com, 12 Apr 2010)

Reason for taking up this sport
She tried track cycling as a form of cross training for cross country skiing. She realised she was pretty good at cycling so decided to put more effort into the sport. (velodrome.org.uk, 2011)

Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (coldfx.ca, 2011)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a silver medal in her first World Cup scratch race in 2008. (Canadian Cyclist, 29 Dec 2009)

Hero
Canadian speed skater and track cyclist Clara Hughes. (Canadian Cycling, 29 Dec 2009)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"I love the pure power of track cycling. I love the challenge of trying to be better. I love the freedom of being on a bike - you can explore so many places. I love that it is a lifelong sport that I will continue long after I am done competing." (Canadian Cyclist, 29 Dec 2009)

Awards
She became only the third Canadian to win a world championship gold medal in track cycling when she claimed victory in the omnium at the 2010 World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. The gold was also Canada's first track world title since 1993. (thestar.com, 12 Apr 2010)

She was chosen as the Canadian flagbearer for the closing ceremony at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. (coldfx.ca, 2011)

General
SMART CYCLIST
She is a Ph.D candidate in neuroscience at the University of Alberta. (ottawacitizen.com, 18 Apr 2012)


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