Sinead Miller

Sinead Miller
Personal information
Full name Sinead Emily Miller
Nickname "Golden Girl"
Born (1990-06-09) June 9, 1990
 USA
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Team information
Discipline Road, Track
Role Rider
Rider type All Around
Amateur team(s)
– USA National Development Program
– Peanut Butter and Co./Team Twenty12
Infobox last updated on
August 29, 2009

Sinead Miller (born 9 June 1990) is an American elite racing cyclist and winner of the 2009 Collegiate Cycling National Criterium Championship.[1] She considers herself to be an "all-arounder" and hopes to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cycling Experience

Sinead Miller began racing BMX at the age of five. She competed at the highest levels in BMX and she was part of several professional teams throughout her years of racing BMX. During most of Sinead's racing years she was a part of HYPER Bicycles Factory BMX team.

To cross-train for BMX, Sinead began to train on road bicycles at the age of ten. She soon realized how much she enjoyed road cycling, so she then began to race on the road at the age of eleven. Sinead won her first road cycling national championship title at fourteen years old. As her cycling career progressed, she won numerous national titles and also was selected to compete at the Junior Road World Championships at ages 17 and 18. In 2008, Sinead placed eight at the Junior Road World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. Also, she has experience racing for the U.S. Women's National Team throughout many different countries. These countries include Italy, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium and Mexico. Sinead first experienced racing for the U.S. National Team at the young age of 18.

Today, Sinead races collegiality for Marian University's cycling team. Marian University is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and this is where Sinead attends school. During her freshman year of college, 2008–2009, Sinead won collegiate track national championships and also collegiate road criterium national championships. This was the first time in history that a female cyclist from Marian University won a collegiate road national championship.

Because of Miller's outstanding performance and final result in the omnium ranking at the collegiate road nationals in Fort Collins, Colorado in March 2009, she was named a "Collegiate All-Star" and selected for the all-collegiate-women's team that would compete in the Nature Valley Grand Prix later that season.[2] She is also a past winner of the Tour de Toona.[3] Miller has competed for over 10 years, and began racing with the United States National Team at age 16.

Palmares

July 2–11, 2010, Giro Donne, Italy

June 27, 2010, U23 US Road National Championships, Bend, Oregon

June 24, 2010, U23 US National Time Trial Championships, Bend, Oregon

June 6, 2010, TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 9, 2010, Collegiate Road National Championships, Madison, Wisconsin

April 5, 2010, GP de Dottignies, Belgium, UCI 1.2

April 4, 2010, Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Belgium, UCI World Cup

March 28, 2010, Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio, Italy, UCI World Cup

May 9, 2009, Collegiate Road National Championships, Fort Collins, CO

April 7-May 5, 2009, Raced with U.S. Women’s National Team throughout Europe

September 11–13, 2008, Collegiate Track National Championships

September 6–9, 2008, Junior National Championships, Orange County, CA

July 20, 2008, Junior World Championships, Cape Town, South Africa

July 10–13, 2008, Raced UCI 2.2 Krasna Lipa Stage Race, Czech Republic

July 3–14, 2008, Attended training camp with Women’s U.S. National Team in Lucca, Italy

June 15, 2008, Junior World Championships Selection Road Race, Red River Gorge, Kentucky

April 26–27, 2008, Tour de Ephrata, Ephrata, PA

March 3, 2008, Arnold Classic Criterium, Columbus, OH

2007, Junior National Championships, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania

2007, Raced Junior World Road Race and Time Trial Championships, Mexico

2004, Junior National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Sinead Miller is currently a senior at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana. At school Sinead majors in chemistry and mathematics with a concentration in rhetoric. She is also involved in an independent study with the chemistry department at Marian University. Sinead has started her sophomore year of college in the fall of 2009 and she hopes to attend medical school after receiving her bachelor's degree from Marian University.

References

  1. ↑ Sciullo, Maria (July 30, 2009). "Cyclist shows discipline in the dirt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  2. ↑ . VeloNews. May 28, 2009 http://www.velonews.com/article/92519/collegiate-all-star-women-chosen. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ . Daily Peloton. August 4, 2004 http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=6799. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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