Alex Greenfield
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{short description|Welsh former cyclist}}
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| name = Alex Greenfield
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| fullname = Alexandra Greenfield
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Barry, Wales, United Kingdom
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| discipline = Road and track
| role = Coach
Technical director
Directeur sportif
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| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 = Maindy Flyers
| amateuryears2 =
| amateurteam2 = Cardiff Ajax CC
| proyears1 = 2007
| proteam1 = Pinarello Racing Team
| proyears2 = 2010
| proteam2 = Horizon Fitness{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa2010_Team_Horizon_Fitness_Team-0 |title=Horizon Fitness: Kona Bikes & New Signings |author= |date=17 January 2010 |website=British Cycling|accessdate=10 January 2015}}
| manageyears1 = 2017
| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}}
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Alexandra Greenfield (born 1990) is a Welsh former road and track cyclist from Barry. She began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax CC. Greenfield holds the record for the 5 km Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Katie Curtis, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set in Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888|title=A New Record|access-date=12 June 2008|archive-date=30 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052131/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888|url-status=dead}} She transitioned from {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}}'s former technical director and assistant directeur sportif, to be Cycling New Zealand's women's endurance assistant coach by mid-2018.{{cite news |title=Changes and additions to cycling high performance coaching team |url=http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/changes-and-additions-to-cycling-high-performance-coaching-team/ |accessdate=13 June 2018 |work=RoadCycling.co.nz |date=22 May 2018}}
She became the British junior scratch race champion in 2007 as well as the junior European points race champion. In 2008, Greenfield retained her European points race title and added another title as a member of the junior team pursuit squad. She made her debut to the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in the 2008–2009 season, taking third place in the scratch race in the first round in Manchester.
Palmarès
=Track=
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;2006
:2nd points race, British National Track Championships (Senior category - despite being only 16)
:1st {{flagicon|GBR}} 15km points race, British National Track Championships - Youth
:1st {{flagicon|GBR}} 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Youth
;2007
:1st {{flagicon|EUR}} points race, European Track Championships - Junior
:2nd British National Derny Championships
:3rd WCRA Derny Championships
:1st {{flagicon|GBR}} 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Junior
;2008
:1st {{flagicon|EUR}} points race, European Track Championships - Junior
:1st {{flagicon|EUR}} team pursuit, European Track Championships - Junior
:3rd pursuit, British National Track Championships - Junior
:3rd scratch race, 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
;2009
:1st {{flagicon|GBR}} Madison, British National Track Championships (with Dani King){{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/5650442/keirin-success-for-hoy |title=Keirin success for Hoy |author= |date=24 October 2009 |website=skysports.com |accessdate=9 January 2015}}
;2010
:4th scratch race, 2010 Commonwealth Games{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049666.stm |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Cycling results |author= |date=30 September 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=9 January 2015}}
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=Road=
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;2003
:2nd British National Circuit Race Championships - under 14
;2004
:1st girl, Kerry Youth Tour, (IRL)
;2006
:6th Tour de Junior Achterveld (NDL)
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References
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.shecycles.com/news/article/mps/UAN/284/V/1/SP/330187628668288641308 |title=Interview with Alex Greenfield |access-date=12 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930102459/http://www.shecycles.com/news/article/mps/UAN/284/V/1/SP/330187628668288641308 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
- [http://www.britishcycling.org.uk Results at britishcycling.org.uk]
- {{Cycling Archives|37449}}
- {{CGF profile|58594}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenfield, Alex}}
Category:Welsh female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan