Susy Pryde
New Zealand cyclist
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Susannah Kate Pryde (born 15 October 1973 in Waipukurau, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a silver medal for New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's road race. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she again won a silver medal in the cross country discipline.[1][2]
Waipukurau, New Zealand
road racing
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| Full name | Susannah Kate Pryde | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1973 Waipukurau, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Cross country road racing | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pryde also competed for New Zealand in both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
She rode the world road race championship four times finishing 16th in 1997 and 1999. She won the New Zealand National Road Race Championships in 1998.[4] In 1998, she won Berkeley Hills Road Race, a USA Cycling sanctioned event in Northern California and the oldest continuously running bicycle road race in the United States.[5]
Since retiring from cycling around 2003, she has continued some cycling coaching/mentoring work, including working with students at the high-school level.[6]
