Claire Buchar
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Personal information | |
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Born | Whistler, Canada |
26 April 1978
Team information | |
Current team | Koyarik Racing |
Discipline | MTB |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | DH |
Professional team(s) | |
2009– | ChainReactionCycles/Intense |
Major wins | |
CAN DH National Champion (2 Wins) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's Cycling | ||
Representing Canada | ||
World Championships | ||
2011 Champery | Downhill |
Claire Buchar (born 26 April 1978, in Whistler, Canada), also known as Claire Kovarik, is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain biking. Buchar races on the UCI World Cup circuit and is a multiple Canadian national champion in her profession and is a multiple World Cup medalist.
Buchar started competitive cycling when she was 20 years old and placed 2nd in her first National race.[citation needed]
Buchar has been a member of the Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense Cycles' MTB Race team since 2009.[1] She has been a member of the Canadian National Downhill team since 2000 and studies graphic design part-time when she's not racing. She finished in 6th place[2] in the 2009 National Championships in Canberra, Australia and more recently finished in first place in the Australian National Downhill Championships[3]
In 2008 Buchar married teammate and fellow downhill mountain Bike rider, Australian Chris Kovarik.[4]
Contents
Career highlights
Media and accomplishments
- Canadian National Team member
- World Cup Podium, round 1 South Africa 2009[5]
- Top 10 World Cup racer[5]
- Canadian National Champion 2009[5]
- Winner of Womenzworx and the Gala at Crankworx 2009[6]
- Nominated for International Cyclist of the Year 2009
- Cover of Bicycling South Africa April 2009
- Voted one of the “26 Most Influential People in Mountain Biking”, Decline Magazine January 2008
- Cover of Mountain Bike Magazine USA June 2008
Racing & competition
- 2009 Canadian National Champion[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Series, 9th Overall[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Peitermaritzburg South Africa 5th[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Ft Bill Scotland 8th[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Maribor Slovenia 10th[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Bromont Quebec 7th[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Cup Finals Scladming Austria 8th[7]
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2009 World Championships Canberra Australia 6th[7]
- 2009 Sprint Avalanche Cup Alp Duez France 2nd
- 2009 Megavalanche Alp Duez France 9th
- 2009 Wheels of Speed Willingen Germany 1st
- 2009 Womenzworx freeride comp Whistler Canada 1st
- 2009 The Gala slopestyle comp Whistler Canada 1st
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2008 World Cup Series, 8th Overall
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2008 World Cup MSA Canada 6th
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2008 World Cup Bromont Canada 6th
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2008 World Cup Finals Schladming Austria 9th
- 2008 the Gala, all women's freeride event at Crankworx 3rd[8]
- 2007 the Gala, all women's freeride event at Crankworx 1st
- ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 2006 World Cup Vigo Spain 10th
- 2006, 2007, 2008 -3 time winner- RedBull Mt Seven Psychosis, Golden Canada
References
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- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/australian-mountain-bike-national-series-canberra-2/downhill/results
- ↑ http://www.dropmachine.com/News/chris-kovarik-and-claire-buchar-get-married-a501.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTUyMTM&LangId=1
- ↑ http://www.crankworx.com/whistler09/media/press-releases/83
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- ↑ http://www.crankworx.com/results-2008/results.php?event=womenz