Leigh Hobson
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Leigh Shawna Hobson |
| Born | August 10, 1970 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1999 | Charles Schwab – Flexiblock |
| 2000 | Charles Schwab |
| 2006 | Victory Brewing |
| 2007–2008 | Cheerwine Cycling Team |
Leigh Shawna Hobson (born August 10, 1970 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional road cyclist.[1] She represented her nation Canada, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also placed third in the women's elite category at the Canadian Championships (1996, 2000, and 2006). Hobson also mounted first-place finishes at the Tri-Peak Challenge in 2006, and at the fourth stage of Tour of the Gila in Silver City, New Mexico in 2008.[2]
Hobson qualified for the Canadian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by claiming the bronze medal and receiving one of the nation's three berths from the UCI World Cup.[3][4] She successfully produced her birthday reward and a best possible result for Canada women's cycling team with a seventeenth-place effort in 3:32:52, finishing behind the host nation's Gao Min by less than an inch stretch.[5][6]
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