Alison Sydor

{{short description|Canadian cyclist}}

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| caption = Sydor at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic

| fullname = Alison Jane Sydor

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|9}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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| discipline = Mountain bike and road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Mountain bike: cross-country

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| majorwins = 2008 Absa Cape Epic Women's Category 2009 Absa Cape Epic Mixed Category

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{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalSport | Women's mountain bike racing }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | Cross-country }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Vail | Cross-country }}

{{MedalGold | 1995 Kirchzarten | Cross-country }}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Cairns | Cross-country }}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Kaprun | {{nowrap|Team cross-country}} }}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Bromont | Cross-country }}

{{MedalSilver | 1999 Åre | Cross-country }}

{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sierra Nevada | Cross-country }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Vail | Cross-country }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Lugano | Cross-country }}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Mont-Sainte-Anne | Cross-country }}

{{MedalBronze | 1999 Åre | Team cross-country }}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Les Gets | Cross-country }}

{{MedalSport | Women's road bicycle racing }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 1991 Stuttgart | Road race }}

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Alison Jane Sydor (born September 9, 1966) is a Canadian retired professional cross-country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mountain bike,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/alison-sydor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/alison-sydor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Alison Sydor |access-date=August 27, 2016}} and has won three world mountain bike championships gold medals (1994 in Vail, Colorado; 1995 in Kirchzarten, Germany; and 1996 in Cairns, Australia) and the 2002 relay race in Kaprun, Austria.

Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003) and three bronze (1998, 1999 (relay race), 2004) at mountain bike world championships, and one bronze at the road world championships (1991). In addition, Sydor has won 17 World Cup (cross-country) races in her career, and for 13 consecutive years (1992–2004) never finished outside of the top-5 at the world championships.

In 1995 and 1996, Sydor was awarded the Velma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete.

In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.

In December 2007 it was announced that Sydor would be inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2008 at a ceremony on May 29, 2008.

Sydor and teammate Pia Sundstedt won the Women's Category in the Absa Cape Epic in 2008. Sydor then came back to win the Mixed Category with Nico Pfitzenmaier in 2009.

In 2013, Sydor was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/category/2013-inductees/ |title=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame – Class of 2013 Inductees |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422131114/http://www.sportshall.ca/category/2013-inductees/ |archive-date=April 22, 2013 }}