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Anna Meares
Australian cyclist (born 1983)
Anna Maree Devenish Meares[1]OAM (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaide Super-Drome.
She has been the 500 metre track time trial world champion on four occasions, and a gold medallist at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. At the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Meares took the gold in the keirin—her 11th world title in total, which made her the most decorated female track cyclist of all time.[5]
She was the flag-bearer and captain for the Australian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in keirin.[2] This made her the first Australian to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympics.[6]
On 16 October 2016, Meares announced her official retirement from her current competitive cycling career.[7] In November 2022, she was appointed as the Chef de Mission of the Aust
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Anna Meares OAM was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2021 as an Athlete Member for her contribution to the sport of cycling.
Anna Meares is widely regarded as one of the greatest track cyclists that Australia has ever produced after having won 11 world championships and six Olympic medals including two gold over a 14-year cycling career.
Meares’ four Olympic appearances saw her complete a set of Olympic medals with a total medal tally of two gold, one silver and three bronzes and became the first Australian athlete to win a medal at each games she competed in. Seven months after crashing and fracturing her neck, Meares took home her silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. However, her rivalry with British cycling great, Victoria Pendleton, became one of the great storylines of her career, along with the tactics developed with her coach Gary West and team.
Meares became a multi event world champion finishing up with 11 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze from the four events; 500m time trial, team sprint, sprint and keirin over her long career. Anna set multiple With 15 medals won through 2010, Anna Meares is one of the most successful female track cyclists ever. She has been most successful in the 500 m time trial, winning three world titles (2004, 2007, 2012), one Olympic title (2004) and two Commonwealth Games golds (2006, 2010) in that event. She also won two team sprint gold medals at the World Championships (2009-10), and won five silvers and five bronzes in all speed disciplines, including the sprint and keirin. Meares also gained two Olympic medals in the sprint, with silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004. Anna’s sister, Kerrie, was runner-up in the sprint at the 2002 World Championships. Copyright ©axissmog.pages.dev 2025•
Results
Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As 2004 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) AUS Anna Meares Sprint, Women(Olympic) 3 Bronze 500 metres Time Trial, Women(Olympic) 1 Gold 2008 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) AUS Anna Meares Sprint, Women(Olympic) 2 Silver 2012 Summer Olympics Cycling Track (Cycling) AUS Anna Meares Sprint, Women(Olympic) 1 Gold Keiri