alice sharpe

Alice Sharpe

Cycling

BIOGRAPHY

Alice was born in Munich and grew up in Cambridge, but qualifies for Ireland through her father Steve, who lives in Belfast. She competed in triathlon until she switched to cycling while at Manchester Metropolitan University. She joined Cycling Ireland’s elite ranks in 2018 and has been part of the Team Pursuit squad that has knocked almost six seconds off the Irish record since 2021, won European bronze that year, and won silver at the Nations Cup in Hong Kong in March; the result which secured Olympic qualification. She is also a two-time Irish Road Race champion (2019, 2022), and races professionally for a UK team where Mia Griffin is a teammate. Alice and Lara Gillespie just missed the podium in the Madison at the Ghent International at the end of last month.

Gender

Female

Discipline

Women's Team Pursuit, Women's Madison

Date Of Birth

May 3, 1994

Hometown

Cambridge

Games

Paris 2024

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Ryan Mullen

Ben Healy

Mia Griffin

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Megan Armitage

Lydia Gurley

Fintan Ryan

Shannon McCurley

Felix English

Mark Downey

Dan Martin

Nicolas Roche

Eddie Dunbar

Emily Kay

CYCLING NEWS

Bronze for Gillespie at Track World Championships

Ending the championships on a high Gillespie finished third in the Women’s Points Race, claiming her first ever senior championship medal. This result adds to her success from earlier in the week when the Co. Wicklow rider recorded three top ten placings at the championships. The Points Race consists of 80 laps and includes a [...]

Top Five Finish for Gillespie at Track World Championships

Co. Wicklow’s Lara Gillespie got Ireland off to a strong start at the 2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark. The five-day championships got underway yesterday and Gillespie was the first of the Irish team to compete, racing in the Elimination Race this evening, Thursday, 17th of October. Gillespie faced strong competition with [...]

UCI Track World Championships | Team Ireland

Irish riders hit the track again this week, as they head to the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ireland will have three representatives on track in Denmark. Paris 2024 Olympians Lara Gillespie and Mia Griffin will be joined by Lucy Bénézet Minns, having just competed in the UCI World Road Championships in September, [...]

TRACK CYCLIST LARA GILLESPIE FINISHES 10TH IN OMNIUM

Track cyclist Lara Gillespie closed out the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for Team Ireland with a 10th place finish in the final event at the Velodrome; the Women’s Omnium. TRACK CYCLING Lara Gillespie helped Team Ireland leave Paris 2024 on a high with a brilliantly gutsy top 10 finish in the gruelling Omnium event at the [...]

RHASIDAT ADELEKE FOURTH IN 400M OLYMPIC FINAL

Team Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke has finished fourth (49.28) in the 400m final at the Olympic Games in Paris; the first time an Irish female athlete has ever contested an Olympic sprint final. Ireland’s first ever heptathlete at an Olympic Games Kate O’Connor finished 14th overall at her debut Olympic Games after a seasons best time [...]

DIFFICULT DAY AT LE GOLF NATIONAL FOR MAGUIRE AND MEADOW

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow were back in action at Le Golf National in round two of the women’s singles today. Meadow carded a round of 74; four better than yesterday, but Maguire will be frustrated after signing for a round of 79 today. GOLF It was another unforgiving day for Stephanie Meadow and Leona [...]

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