Robin Farina
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Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 3, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road cycling, Mountain bike racing, Tandem Para-cycling[1] |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | DeFeet Women's Elite Team[1] |
| 2007 | Target Training Women's Elite[1] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Cheerwine Women's Professional Cycling Team[1] |
| 2009 | ValueAct Capital Women's Pro Cycling[1] |
| 2010 | Team Vera Bradley Professional Cycling[1] |
| 2011-2013 | NOW and Novartis for MS[2][3] |
| 2015- | BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental[4][5] |
| Major wins | |
| 2011 National Road Race Champion, Overall GC win 2008 Joe Martin Stage Race and multiple other stages and criteriums, In 2017 she won a national championship in Para Cycling by piloting a tandem on the track (with stoker Shawn Cheshire). | |
Robin Farina (born September 3, 1977) is a road cyclist from the United States. She made her road racing debut in 2006,[1] transitioning from a mountain biking background.[6] She won in 2011 the United States National Road Race Championships. She represented her country at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships and 2011 Pan American Games.[7] With her team BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental she participated in the team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
In 2013, Farina and Janel Holcomb co-founded the Women's Cycling Association, a United States-based lobby group of professional cyclists and other supporters, established to create a unified voice that could raise the profile and financial viability of women's professional cycling.[8][9] Farina served as Team Director of the Happy Tooth Dental Professional Racing team during the 2016 season.[10] In 2022, Farina joined Cynisca Cycling as Director of Operations and Head of Sport. She has led the team for the last two years focusing on growing development for USA Women's cycling and driving success for young racers.[11]
