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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, Nelly Bly Jr. Occupation. Businesswoman. Notable work. Circumnavigated the globe on a bicycle. Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), [ 1 ] known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world.
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny, [ 3 ] DBE, OLY (née Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a former British professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. [ 4 ]
Louise Armaindo, born either Louise or Louisa Brisebois or Brisbois (1861–1900), was a Canadian strongwoman, trapeze artist, competitive walker, and high-wheel cyclist. [1] [2] Throughout the last decades of the 19th century, she was known as "the champion female bicycle rider of the world." [3]
Jeannie Longo. Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958) is a French racing cyclist, 6-time French champion and 13-time world champion. [1] Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the best female cyclist of all time, although that reputation is now clouded by suspicion of doping throughout ...
Annemiek van Vleuten. Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ɑnəˈmik fɑn ˈvløːtə (n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team. [3][4] Van Vleuten is twice a winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI ...
Marianne Vos. Vos interviewed by TV, 2015. Marianne Vos (pronunciation ⓘ; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. [7][8] After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becoming World ...
Women's Sprint. Julie Robyn Speight (born 1 October 1966) is an Australian former cyclist, eight time National champion, and Australia's first female Olympic and Commonwealth Games track cyclist, competing in the women's sprint event at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics [1] and winning a silver medal in the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. [2]
Katie Archibald, MBE (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. [3]A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver medallists team in women's team pursuit, she is a champion in the same event at both the World (2014, 2023) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 ...