Manon Rose Carpenter (born 11 March 1993) is a Welsh, professional racing cyclist formerly specialising in downhill mountain bike racing.
Carpenter is from Caerphilly, South Wales. She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, Jason, a BMX track builder who also ran a DH race series in South Wales. Carpenter attended St. Martin's Comprehensive School, Caerphilly and is taking a gap year to concentrate on her sport before studying a science and Spanish degree in Manchester.
In 2011, Manon Carpenter won the Junior UCI Downhill World Championship and the Junior UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2013, Manon came third in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup overall. In 2014 Manon took the world cup overall title and completed the season with the world championship at Hafjell earning the rainbow colour jersey.
She became a double world champion in 2014, winning the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship and the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Downhill Series. She was also named Elite Cyclist of the Year at the USN Welsh Cycling Awards.
In November 2016 she announced that she was leaving Madison Saracen.
In August 2017 Carpenter announced her retirement from Downhill racing with immediate effect.
Results
2011 1st DH, Junior British National Mountain Biking Championships 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Junior, Champéry, France 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall Junior
2012 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships Elite, Leogang, Austria
2013 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Fort William, Scotland 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall
2014 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Hafjell, Norway
2015 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland DSQ* DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Leogang, Austria 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Lenzerheide, Switzerland 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada 2nd DH UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Windham, New York, United States 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 7, Val di Sole, Italy 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Vallnord, Andorra * Disqualified for leaving track & rejoining further down the track 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland 3rd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 3, Llangollen, Wales 2nd DH, British Downhill Series, Round 4, Bala, Wales 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 5, Moelfre, Wales 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 6, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Series Overall
2016 - British Downhill Series 1st DH, British Downhill Series, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland
2016 - UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Lourdes, France 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Cairns, Australia 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland 5th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Leogang, Austria 4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
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