Anna Kiesenhofer
Anna Kiesenhofer (born 14 February 1991) is an Austrian professional cyclist and mathematician, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Roland Cycling. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
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Kiesenhofer at the 2022 European Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1991 Niederkreuzstetten, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Employer | EPFL | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2016 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Cookina–Graz | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | — | ||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Lotto–Soudal Ladies | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Israel Premier Tech Roland | ||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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| Scientific career | |||||||||||||||
| Thesis | Integrable systems on b-symplectic manifolds (2016) | ||||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Eva Miranda | ||||||||||||||
| Website | anna-kiesenhofer | ||||||||||||||
Kiesenhofer gained fame when she won the gold medal in the women's individual road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Summer Olympics gold medal for Austria since 2004 and their first cycling Olympic gold medal since 1896. Unfancied for a medal pre-race, she attacked in the first seconds of the event and soloed to victory, her pursuers mistakenly unaware of her position, in a win described as "one of the greatest upsets in Olympics and cycling history".
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