Caroline Alexander

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Caroline Alexander

| image = Caroline Alexander Budapest 1995 GWC.jpg

| fullname = Caroline Alexander

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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| discipline = Road & MTB XC

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1991

| proteam1 = Kona

| proyears2 = 1992

| proteam2 = Raleigh

| proyears3 = 1993

| proteam3 = Louis Garneau

| proyears4 = 1996

| proteam4 = BMW-Klein

| proyears5 = 1998

| proteam5 = Team Ritchey

| proyears6 = 1999

| proteam6 = American Eagle

| proyears7 = 2001

| proteam7 = Specialized MTB

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Caroline Sarah J. Alexander (born 3 March 1968){{cite web |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=245 |title=Olympic Record: Caroline Alexander |publisher=British Olympic Association |access-date=20 May 2008 |archive-date=25 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225032651/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=245 |url-status=dead }} is a cross-country mountain biker and road cyclist born in Barrow-in-Furness. She was a swimmer as a child and did not cycle until she was 20. She first rode a bike in competition in a triathlon: she came second in the swimming and was fastest on the bike. She entered her first mountain bike race, which she won. Within a year she was one of the top three mountain-bike racers in the UK. She left her job as a draughtswoman in Barrow shipyards and became a full-time cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golden-visions-out-of-the-blue-5609248.html |title=Golden visions out of the blue |last=Turnbull |first=Simon |date=6 July 1997 |website=independent.co.uk|access-date=7 May 2018}}

She represented Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She was a reserve for the British Cycling team at the 2001 UCI road world championships{{cite web |url=http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/597/ |title=British Cycling names World Road team |author=Rob Burgess |date=19 September 2001 |publisher=UK Sport}} Alexander also represented Britain at the UCI Women's Road World Cup events in 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2002/misc/11_gb_team_results.html |title=GREAT BRITAIN CYCLING TEAM 2002 RESULTS |publisher=British Cycling |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820144738/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2002/misc/11_gb_team_results.html |archivedate=20 August 2004 }} Alexander represented Scotland in the first mountain-bike event in the Commonwealth Games in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/News/TopicNavigation/Press+Releases/Archive/2002/Scotlands+cyclists+selected+for+Commonwealth+Games.htm |title=Scotland's cyclists selected for Commonwealth Games |date=19 June 2002 |publisher=Sport Scotland }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She was the first British female mountain biker to win a UCI World Cup stage in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/search/article/bc-50-Years-Of-British-Cycling-News-The-90s#gsc.tab=0|title=50 YEARS OF BRITISH CYCLING - THE NINETIES | access-date=19 July 2022 }}

Alexander retired from cycling in 2004. In 2009, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.{{cite web| url=http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty| title=50 Cycling Heroes Named in British Cycling's Hall of Fame| publisher=British Cycling| date=2009-12-17| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041110/http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/sport/article/bc20091216-Hall-of-fame-fifty| archivedate=20 December 2009| df=dmy-all}}