Alana Forster
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alana Forster (born 4 May 1986) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow.
Personal life[edit]
Forster suffered injuries as a result of a car accident where her car was t-boned.[1] Forster was airlifted to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and was in intensive car for a week. Her injuries included broken pelvis, femur, patella, ulna bones and a number of ribs.[1] She spent three months in rehabilitation. Prior to the car accident, worked as an emergency department doctor.[1]
Cycling[edit]
Prior to her car accident, Forster had a successful road cycling career including racing in Europe and the Dubai Women's Tour, and earned top-10 results in Oceania and national time trial championships.[1] Forster is classified as a C5 cyclist.
At the Australian Road Cycling Championships, she won the gold medal in the Women's Road Race WC4 and bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial WC4.[2] At the 2023 Oceania Track Championships, she defeated Meg Lemon in Women's Individual Pursuit C5 and finished third in the Women's Omnium C5.[3]
Forster won the gold medal in the Women's Scratch race C5 at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow after making a successful attack with five laps to go.[4]
At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Foster finished fifth in the Women's Scratch Race C5 and sixth in the Women's Individual Pursuit C5.[5]
She is a member of the Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Miu, Ryan (1 March 2023). "Alana Forster: From emergency room to national champion". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Australian Road Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Oceania Track Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Davies, Josh (8 August 2023). "Worlds: Double rainbow delight for Australia on the track". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships". paraworlds2024.veloresults.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Josh Jolly and Alana Forster in Australian team for World Cycling Championships". The Copurier. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- Alana Forster at UCI
