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| updated = 5 April 2012 }} Tara Alice Whitten (born 13 July 1980) is a Canadian track racing cyclist from Edmonton. A former cross country skier, she began track racing seriously in 2008 having dabbled in it since 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Track World Championships - Silver Medal for Tara Whitten )〕 The same year she won the points race and individual pursuit at the Canadian National Track Championships, and also took the bronze medal in the scratch race and 500 meter time trial events. Whitten began the 2008–2009 track cycling season strongly, winning two silver medals at first round of the Track World Cup in Manchester, United Kingdom, in October. She went on to take two bronze medals in the third round in Cali, Colombia, and a further two silver medals in the fifth and final round in Copenhagen, Denmark, in February 2009. In March 2009, Whitten won the silver medal in the Omnium at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, the first time the event was included in the championships.〔 In December 2009, Whitten rode on the team that won the gold medal in the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics Women's Team Pursuit in Cali, Colombia, along with fellow Canadian National Team members Laura Brown (cyclist) and Stephanie Roorda, concurrently setting a new Canadian National Record in this event as well with a time of 3:27.289. Of note, the Women's Team Pursuit has been added as an Olympic event for 2012. She also won two silver medals, in the Individual Pursuit (time of 3:34.547) and Points Race. In March 2010, Whitten won the gold medal in the Omnium and Points race at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Canadian team that won the bronze medal in the women's team pursuit. ==Palmarès== ;2008 :1st Points Race, Canadian National Track Championships :1st Individual Pursuit, Canadian National Track Championships :3rd Scratch Race, Canadian National Track Championships :3rd 500 m TT, Canadian National Track Championships :2nd Individual Pursuit, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester :2nd Scratch Race, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester :3rd Individual Pursuit, Round 3, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Cali :3rd Points Race, Round 3, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Cali ;2009 :2nd Individual Pursuit, Round 5, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Copenhagen :2nd Omnium, Track World Championships :1st Team Pursuit, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali :2nd Individual Pursuit, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali :2nd Points Race, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali ;2010 :1st Omnium, Track World Championships :1st Points Race, Track World Championships :3rd Points Race, Commonwealth Games :3rd Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games :3rd Team Sprint Commonwealth Games :1st Time Trial (Road) Commonwealth Games ;2011 :1st Omnium, Track World Championships :2nd Omnium (Track) 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Tour, Melbourne, AUS :1st Omnium, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking ;2012 :2nd Team Pursuit, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in London :3rd Team Pursuit, Track World Championships :3rd Team Pursuit, 2012 Summer Olympics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tara Whitten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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