- Nicole Freedman
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Nicole Freedman Personal information Born May 21, 1972
Wellesley, MassachusettsTeam information Role Rider Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist.[1]
Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[1][2][3][4] She attended MIT, and then Stanford University.[1][4] Among the teams she has competed on are Shaklee (1997–1998), Charles Schwab (1999–2000), Credit Suisse First Boston (2001), RONA (2002), and Basis (2003–).[1]
In 1997, she was a US National Team member.[1] In 2000, she was a member of the US cycling team at the Sydney Olympics (and competed in the 119.7 km women's road race), and won the 64-mile US National Championship Road Race.[1][2] In 2001 she won the US National Championship Criterium. In 2003, she came in second in the Israel National Championship road race.[1]
In 2001, she was honored by the US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kristy Scrymgeour (November 6, 2003). "An interview with Nicole Freedman; Israel, here I come!". cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2003/interviews/?id=nicole_freedman03. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ a b Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA232&dq=%22Nicole+Freedman%22&hl=en&ei=1yuuTp3QM-jW0QGniqSMDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ Seligman, Ruth A. (October 4, 2005). "Jewish Women's Calendar Celebrates Sports Stars". Womens eNews. http://www.womensenews.org/story/athleticssports/051004/jewish-womens-calendar-celebrates-sports-stars. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ a b "Freedman, Nicole". Jewsinsports.org. http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?ID=176. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.org. March 25, 2001. http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/detail.asp?sp=204. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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