Michelle Vorster
# Michelle Vorster

Michelle Mills-Vorster (born 12 September 1978 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a Namibian cross-country cyclist. She is the first ever Namibian female to qualify for the Olympic Cross Country event and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's cross country race. Vorster also qualified and competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. She competed in the Elite Road and Cross Country Olympic events. She finished in 8th position in the Cross Country Olympic event, the highest position by any Namibian cyclist to date.

Vorster is also an African Continental Champion (2017) and multiple Namibian National Champion title holder in Mountain Bike Cross Country Olympic and Marathon cycling.

## Major results

### 2015

    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
    2nd Team time trial, African Road Championships
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    3rd Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships
    6th Time trial, African Games

### 2016

    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships

### 2017

    1st Cross-country, African Mountain Bike Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships

### 2018

    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games

### 2019

    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial

### 2020

    1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
