Anna Meares is an Australian track sprint cyclist born September 21, 1983. She won Olympic gold in the 500 meter time trial at the 2004 Athens Games and in the sprint at the 2012 London Games, plus a silver and three bronze medals across the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Games. She won 11 World Championship gold medals across the 500 meter time trial, sprint, team sprint and keirin, becoming the most decorated female track cyclist of all time after her 2015 keirin world title.
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Career HighlightEleven-time track cycling world champion and the most decorated female track cyclist in history, the first Australian to win individual medals at four consecutive Olympic Games. 1 Classification
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How did Anna Meares get back to the Olympics after breaking her neck in 2008?
She was back on the bike 10 days after the crash and still qualified for Beijing.
Anna Meares crashed in the third round of the World Cup circuit in Los Angeles in January 2008, seven months before the Olympics, and fractured her C2 vertebra. She was back on the bike just 10 days after the fall and went through intensive rehabilitation. The points she had secured before the crash let her qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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She was the flag-bearer and captain for the Australian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in keirin. This made her the first Australian to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympics.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired track cyclist.
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She was the flag-bearer and captain for the Australian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in keirin.
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