Anna Christian
{{short description|Manx cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Anna Christian
| image = Anna Christian - 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland (stage 3).jpg
| caption = Christian at the 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland
| fullname = Anna Elizabeth Christian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Douglas, Isle of Man
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| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| amateuryears1 = 2013–2014
| amateurteam1 = Scott Contessa Epic{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/scott-contessa-epic-announce-2013-line-up-36487 |title=Scott Contessa Epic announce 2013 line-up |last1=Abraham |first1=Richard |date=28 November 2012 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=7 October 2014}}
| proyears1 = 2015–2016
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2015}}
| proyears2 = 2017–2022
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|DRP|2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/megan-barker-rounds-out-10-rider-squad-for-drops/|title=Megan Barker rounds out 10-rider squad for Drops|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=11 January 2019|access-date=12 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14172/1002055/258|title=Drops|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=26 January 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200126193905/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14172/1002055/258|archivedate=26 January 2020}}
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Anna Elizabeth Christian (born 6 August 1995){{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_track/1020685/anna_christian.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140928165803/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_track/1020685/anna_christian.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=28 September 2014 |title=Anna Christian |access-date=28 September 2014 |work=Glasgow 2014}} is a Manx former racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2015 and 2022 for UCI Women's Teams {{UCI team code|WHT|2016}} and {{UCI team code|DRP|2022}}. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships for Great Britain, and competed for the Isle of Man at three Commonwealth Games between 2014 and 2022.
Christian became British Junior Road Race Champion in 2013. In October 2014 it was announced that she would join the {{UCI team code|WHT|2015}} team in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/29519410 |title=Anna Christian: Manx teenager 'excited' to join Wiggle Honda team|date=7 October 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2014}} At the 2017 Tour of Wolds, which was part of the National Women's road series, Christian finished second.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/womensroadseries/article/20170409-Womens-Road-Series-Banks-wins-opening-HSBC-UK---National-Women-s-Road-Series-event-0|title=Banks wins opening HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series event|publisher=|access-date=14 May 2017}} In 2017 she won the inaugural women's under-23 British National Time Trial Championships on home soil on the Isle of Man.{{cite web|title=Anna Christian wins u23 national title|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=34370&headline=Anna%20Christian%20wins%20u23%20national%20title§ionIs=sport&searchyear=2017|website=IOM Today|access-date=26 June 2017}}
Personal life
She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Mark Christian.{{cite web|url=http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/World-class_field_to_contest_inaugural_Prudential_RideLondon_Grand_Prix_s1_p16612.htm |title=World-class field to contest inaugural Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix|date=2 August 2013 |website=Prudential RideLondon |access-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011103108/http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/News/Newsroom/World-class_field_to_contest_inaugural_Prudential_RideLondon_Grand_Prix_s1_p16612.htm |archivedate=11 October 2014 }}
Major results
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;2013
: 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2017
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 2nd Tour of the Wolds
;2018
: 9th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
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References
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External links
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- {{Procyclingstats}}
- {{Cycling archives}}
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Category:People from Douglas, Isle of Man
Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games