Anna Millward

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Anna Millward, née Wilson, (born November 26, 1971 [cite web|url=http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=en&news=en&pc=normal&page=renner&db=v&id=2136|title=Profile|publisher=cyclebase.nl] in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB(Hons)/BSc degree from Monash University (received 1996). During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career. She also won two silver medals in the UCI Road World Championship competition in 1999 and twice won the Women's Challenge race (1996 and 2000).

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics she finished fourth in both the time trial and the road race. In the 1998 Commonwealth Games, she won gold in the time trial and bronze in the road race, she won a silver in the 2002 Commonwealth Games time trial.

In 2000 a portrait of her by Simon Benz was hung in the Archibald Prize.

Biography

Anna Millward (Wilson until her marriage in 2000) did not start out in life as an athlete. Instead, with the encouragement of her family, especially her father, who died when she was 11 years old, academics were given great emphasis in her upbringing. At that point in life, Millward concentrated on her youthful passion, the sciences. Later, at the urging of a teacher, she pursued a combined law and science degree at Monash University. The study of law gradually gained favor with her until she made it her primary study, eventually graduating with a degree in law.

It was also while attending university that she discovered her other passion - the bicycle. Initially riding a bicycle commuting to and from school, Millward and some friends decided to enter the Great Victorian Bike Ride, a nine-day recreational tour. Millward traces her passion for the bike to this tour.

Then in 1993, she decided to enter her first race, a lower grade event with her local club which she won. This marked the beginnings of an illustrious cycling career that would lead to many victories in prestigious events.

Lidocaine

In 2001, while racing with the Australian national team in the Tour de l'Aude, Millward tested positive for lidocaine, an anti-inflammatory which was a banned substance under UCI rules. Millward claimed that the positive test had resulted from her use of a topical ointment which she had used to treat mosquito bites during the Tour. The ointment, which contained lidocaine as one of its ingredients, had been provided in the medical kit supplied to her by the Australian Institute of Sport. It also transpired that had Millward simply recorded on her drug test form that she was using a substance containing lidocaine, a positive test result would not have been recorded.

Millward voluntarily stood down from racing until a hearing was held on the matter, at which time she was exonerated of any wrong doing.

Palmarès

;1996:1st A stage of the Tour of Majorca:6th Liberty Classic:1st Overall, Women's Challenge::1st Stage 5::2nd TT Stage:Olympic team member (Australia):18th UCI World Points Rankings

;1997:1st Overall, Street Skills::2 stage victories, Sprint and Points jerseys:1st flagicon|AUS Australian National Time Trial Championships:2nd Australian National Road Race Championships

;1998:Grande Boucle (Tour Cycliste Feminin)::1st Stage 6:14th Overall, Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.9.1)::1st Points Classification::1st Stage 4::1st Stage 7a::1st Stage 10:Women's Challenge::1st Boise to Idaho City Road Race:2nd Overall, Canberra Women's Cycling Classic (Tour de Snowy)::Winner stages 3 and 5::1st Queen of the Mountains classification:2nd Overall, Street Skills Stage Race::1st Stage 4:1st Discovery Channel Women's Cycling Classic::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 3::1st Stage 4:1st Time Trial, Commonwealth Games:3rd Road Race, Commonwealth Games

;1999:2nd Time Trial, World Championships:2nd Road Race, World Championships:1st Overall, UCI Women's Road World Cup:1st GP Tell World Cup (Switzerland):1st Tour de Suisse Feminin Prologue:1st GP des Nations Time Trial:1st New York City Women's Challenge:3rd Beneden-Maas World Cup (Netherlands):4th Overall, Red Zinger Classic::1st Stage 3:Superweek::1st Stage 7:Women's Challenge (2.9.1)::1st Stage 1::1st Points jersey:Montreal (Can) World Cup - 3rd place:Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1)::1st Stage 6A:1st Athens Twilight Criterium:2nd LeFleur Criterium:6th Overall, Tour of Willamette::1st Prologue::1st Stage 3::1st Stage 4:1st Overall, Boulder-Roubaix::1st Stage 1 (Criterium):1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 3:3rd Street Skills:Wine Country Classic::1st Graton Road Race::2nd Criterium Stage:1st Canberra (Aus) World Cup:5th Overall, Canberra Women's Cycling Classic (Tour de Snowy)::1st Stage 6

;2000:Set World Hour Record - 43.5 km (since broken):Olympic Games::4th Time Trial::4th Road Race:Thuringen-Rundfahrt (2.9.1) - 6th overall::Winner prologue and stage 1:1st OverallWomen's Challenge (2.9.1)::2nd Points Classification::3rd Mountains Classification::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 10:6th Overall, Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1)::1st Stage 6:1st flagicon|AUS Australian National Road Race Championships:2nd Australian National Time Trial Championships:1st Canberra (Aus) World Cup:3rd Overall, Tour de Snowy (2.9.1)::1st Points Classification::1st Stage 2::1st Stage 6::1st Stage 7

;2001:1st UCI World Points Rankings:1st Overall, UCI Women's Road World Cup:7th Time Trial World Championships:1st GP des Nations Time Trial (1.9.1):6th Tour de Suisse Féminin (2.9.1)::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 2::1st Stage 3:7th GP Suisse Féminin (Swi) World Cup:3rd Trophée International (Fra) World Cup:Thüringen-Rundfahrt (2.9.1)::1st Prologue (Zeulenroda Time Trial, 6 km):3rd Tour of Arlington (MA):2nd Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup:Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1)::3rd Points classification::1st Prologue::1st Stage 5::1st Stage 6:1st Xcelerate Twilight (Athens, GA):2nd La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup:2nd BMC Software Criterium (Austin, TX):1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic (2.9.2)::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 3::1st Stage 4:1st Hamilton City (NZl) World Cup:1st Canberra (Aus) World Cup:4th Overall, Tour de Snowy (2.9.1)::1st Points classification::1st Stage 1::1st Stage 2::1st Stage 3

;2002:2nd Time Trial, Commonwealth Games

References

External links

* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/teamprofiles/2000/wilson00.shtml Anna Wilson profile]
* [http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/prominent-alumni/anna-wilson.html Monash alumni]