Anna Meares

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Anna Meares is a celebrated Australian track cyclist and multiple Olympic and world champion, renowned as one of the sport’s greatest sprinters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian sportsperson
Olympic athlete
human
track cyclist
competedAt 2004 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
2008 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
2016 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1983-09-21
discipline 500 m time trial
keirin
sprint
team sprint
familyName Meares NERFINISHED
flagBearerFor Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony NERFINISHED
fullName Anna Maree Meares NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Anna NERFINISHED
hasOlympicMedalCount 6
heldWorldRecordIn flying 200 m time trial
women's 500 m time trial
isRenownedAs one of the greatest female track sprinters
nationality Australian
occupationAfterRetirement motivational speaker
sports commentator
placeOfBirth Blackwater, Queensland, Australia NERFINISHED
receivedHonor Order of Australia Medal (OAM) NERFINISHED
induction into Cycling Australia Hall of Fame
induction into Sport Australia Hall of Fame
representedNationalTeam Australia national track cycling team NERFINISHED
retiredFrom elite track cycling
returnedToCompetitionAfterInjury 2008 neck fracture
sibling Kerrie Meares NERFINISHED
sport track cycling
sufferedSeriousInjury fractured neck vertebra in 2008 crash
wonOlympicBronzeInEvent women's keirin at the 2016 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
women's team sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics
wonOlympicGoldInEvent women's 500 m time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
women's sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics
wonOlympicSilverInEvent women's sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics
women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics
wonWorldChampionshipInEvent 500 m time trial
keirin
sprint
wonWorldChampionshipTitleCount 11
yearOfRetirement 2016

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