Anna Meares

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anna Meares
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1983(1983-09-21)
Age	41
Birthplace	Blackwater
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Virgo

Anna Meares Biography

Anna Meares is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on September 21, 1983 in Blackwater, North Carolina, United States. Anna Marie Devenish Meares, OAM (born 22 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist. She is currently living within Adelaide located in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport’s Track Cycling program has its headquarters in Adelaide Super-Drome. Adelaide Super- Drome.

In May 2004, the Time Trial World Titles in Melbourne Meares took home the title of women’s world Time Trial champion. She also took home a silver medal in the sprint race. She also claimed the first prize at the 2004 World Cup Time Trial in Sydney.

In 2005, Meares enrolled in a Bachelor of Learning Design course at Central Queensland University, but deferred her studies to concentrate on sport.

Meares had an eventful semi-final in the sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Having lost the first heat to her opponent Guo Shuang, she won the second heat. The third heat saw Guo come down the banking too steeply and her front wheel slipped from beneath her. The heat was re-run and although Guo won by a few millimetres, she was relegated for coming down the track and pushing Meares onto the côte d’azure on the final lap. This put Meares through to the final ride-off for gold against Victoria Pendleton, where she was beaten and received the silver medal.

In 2002, Meares just missed out on winning a bronze medal at the very first edition of the time trial of 500 meters during the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and her sister, Kerrie Meares was awarded the gold medal at the race. Meares won the bronze medal in the sprint.

Anna Meares Net Worth

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

Anna Meares started competitive cycling at the age of 11 in 1994. She followed the footsteps of her sister Kerrie Meares’s entry in the field. The Meares family was enticed to get into racing cycling after Kathy Watt winning a cycling gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. As a family who lived in the tiny Queensland coal mining town of Middlemount It was over two hours to the closest cycling track located in Mackay in order for their daughters to practice.

In 2001, Meares was named Australia’s Junior Female Track Cyclist Award. She was also voted Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athlete of the Year in both 2007 and 2011, and was included in the AIS “Best of the Best’. From 2004 to 2012,, she was awarded the title of Australian Elite Female Track Cyclist of the Year seven times. she was also named an Australian Cyclist of The Year in the years 2008 and 2012. She was also Australia’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Australian flag bearer for the ceremony that opened the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she won a gold medal, and set a new world record in the Women’s 500-metre time trial of 33.952 seconds. Meares had to beat a new Olympic record set just minutes previously by the reigning World Record holder, Yonghua Jiang of China. (See Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics). The event was abolished from the Olympic program so Meares could not defend her title in 2008. Meares also won a bronze medal in the Women’s 200m Sprint event in Athens.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Anna Meares Dating?

According to our records, Anna Meares married to Mark Chadwick. As of December 1, 2023, Anna Meares’s is not dating anyone.

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In late February 2015, Meares competed at the world championships and won three medals. She also separated from her husband of nine years, Mark Chadwick, early in 2015.

Facts & Trivia

Anna Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Anna Meares celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

Meares has a velodrome in Brisbane named after her. It is called the Anna Meares Velodrome and it was opened on 12 November 2016. It is an official venue for the track cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

What did Anna Meares win?

Anna Meares, a coalminer’s daughter from Blackwater, Queensland, made one of the great comebacks in Australian Olympic history when she won a silver medal in the women’s sprint cycling at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

Does Anna Meares have a sister?

Kerrie Meares

How many Australians have won the Tour de France?

Since the establishment of the competition in 1903, seven Australians have led the general classification in the Tour de France at the end of a stage during one of the 102 Tours de France.

What sport does Anna Meares play?

The most successful female track cyclist in the history of the UCI World Championships, Anna Meares is also Australia’s most decorated cycling Olympian, with six medals to her name.

When did Anna Meares break her neck?

Meares retired in 2016 after 22 years in the sport and six Olympic medals — though life has not been without its challenges. In 2008 Meares fractured her neck, 2 millimetres short of a clean break, in a horrific velodrome crash in Los Angeles.