Shanaze Reade: Rider Profile

By Cycling Weekly

30-Oct-2008 | 0 comments

Shanaze Reade Sky+HD team track October 30 2008

SHANAZE READE
Date of birth: 23/09/1988
From: Crewe
Disciplines: BMX and track sprint
Team: Sky Track Cycling

Shanaze Reade career profile
Predominantly a BMX rider, Shanaze Reade is at the age of 19, already a three-time World champion in the discipline.

Reade began racing from an early age at the Tipkinder Park in Crewe. Reade rapidly progressed partly as a result of racing with the men in the National BMX series and is known for her ferocious accelerations from the start ramp.

Reade began to dabble in track racing in early 2007, when she finished second in the team sprint event at the Manchester round of the Track World Cup. Only a month later, Reade took a World title in the team sprint, repeating the feat in 2008.

The rider from Crewe was a hot favourite to become Olympic champion in the BMX event in Beijing, but crashed in the final, clipping Anne-Caroline Chausson’s wheel and losing out on a chance of a medal.

Equally strong both on the track and on the bumps and jumps of the BMX course, Reade is one Britain’s brightest prospects for a medal at London 2012.

Shanaze Reade results
2011
UCI BMX Supercross, London (Olympic test event)

2010
World champion, BMX

2009
BMX Supercross World Cup, Copenhagen

2008
World champion, team sprint
World champion, BMX

2007
World champion, team sprint
World champion, BMX

2006
World champion, BMX

Shanaze Reade photos