Alison Shanks

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alison Shanks
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Dec 13, 1982(1982-12-13)
Age	42
Birthplace	Dunedin
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Otago
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Alison Shanks Biography

Alison Shanks is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on December 13, 1982 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Shanks was born in Dunedin (New Zealand) on 13/12/82. He graduated from University of Otago with a BCom Marketing Honours and a BSc Human Nutrition in 2005.

Shanks continued her excellent form with the win of the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Individual Pursuit, Pruskow (Poland), 25 March 2009. She was 3:29.807 faster than Wendy Houvenaghel from Great Britain.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Shanks won a gold medal for the Cycling Track 3000m Individual Pursuit Women. She just nudged out Wendy Houvenaghel of Northern Ireland with a time of 3:30.875. She is due to race in the Cycling Road 29 km Individual Time Trial Women on Wednesday 13 October.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women’s team pursuit for the national team. Shanks retired from professional cycling early in 2014. She has since moved to Cambridge.

Shanks was a participant at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Individual Pursuit. She placed fourth overall, after being defeated in bronze medal match by Lesya Kalytovska from Ukraine. She previously set a new personal record of 3:32.478 seconds by defeating Sarah Hammer from the United States in her semifinal.

Alison Shanks Net Worth

Alison Shanks is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Shanks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alison Shanks, born 13 December 1982, is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. She specializes in individual pursuit in track racing and individual time trials in road cycling racing. Before that, she was a netballer for the Otago Rebels for over five years.

Shanks started cycling in 2005 and quickly found success. She competed in netball for five years with the Otago Rebels, and was fourth in pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2006, she was eighth in pursuit. She improved this performance to place seventh in 2007.

She began her 2009 season by competing in the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Beijing, she lowered her personal best once more with a time of 3:30.685 to take the gold medal. Shanks also rode the team pursuit with Kaytee Boyd and Lauren Ellis, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers. They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.

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Facts & Trivia

Alison Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Alison Shanks celebrates birthday on December 13 of every year.

Top Facts about Alison Shanks

1. Alison Shanks is a retired New Zealand track cyclist.
2. She was born on December 13, 1982 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
3. Shanks won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
4. She also won a silver medal at the World Championships.
5. Shanks set a world record in the individual pursuit event.
6. She competed in two Olympic Games (2008 and 2012).
7. Shanks retired from cycling in 2014 due to injury.
8. She now works as a high-performance coach for Cycling New Zealand.
9. Shanks has a degree in physical education from the University of Otago.
10. She was awarded an Order of Merit by the New Zealand government in 2014 for her services to cycling.