Manon Carpenter
# Manon Carpenter

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
