Our Athletes
UNOVELO chooses her Athletes with a social and sportive responsibillity. With the dedication towards their sport we try to support our athletes where needed.
will etherington
Wil
Etherington is a 16 year old high school student from Kinston, Ontario in
Canada. From a young age he has been interested in sport and the benefits of
healthy living. It was this enthusiasm that led him to try out cycling,
encouraged by one of his teachers when he was 11. From the onset he was hooked
and he hasn’t looked back since.
Although Wil
started on a mountain bike and races at an elite level, his true passion is for
road racing, which he has being doing since he received his first road bike
when he was 14. Wil’s ambition is to race professionally, and for him the best
place to do that is Europe. He is very excited about the prospect of training
and racing in Europe, where he feels cycling is a much bigger sport than is
home country of Canada. In his own words he "can’t wait for the cobbles”.
You can follow Wil experiencing racin in Europe on his blogspot: Wil Etherington
ADAM THATCHER
Adam is a 14 year old secondary school student from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and member of the Slaney Cycling Club. On his own initiative he asked his parents for a bike at the age of 10, soon after he was racing every weekend. An eager student, Adam aims learn as much as he can from his coaches. His hard work and it's results got him noticed by the Cycling Ireland 2020 Team. His ambition is to do well and get results for his team mates on the CI 2020 Talent Team, and if all goes well, to be selected for a professional team.
IAN REDMOND
Ian is a student from Fermoy, Ireland who is in
his final exam year. He has been a cycling enthusiast for about 8 years. After
trying different sports he feels most at home on a bike, he hopes one day to
follow the footsteps of his hero, Nicolas Roche, and cycle in the Pro Ranks. Ian has a busy year ahead of him, as well as
studying for his exams in June he will be busy training with his coach Jay
Daly. Ian hopes to win some races in Ireland, enabling him to further his
ambition to ride for the Irish National Cycling Team.
We at Unovelo will be
following his progress in our grassroots team.
You can follow Ian purseuing his ambition on his blogspot: Ian Redmond
Amy Siemons
We met Amy late summer this year at the bikeshop of Bikes & Services in the Netherlands. Amy will represent the Netherlands on the Paralympics 2012 in London. She has only one goal, to excel and bring home a medal in her discipline: 100 and 200 metres.
Amy has asked us to give thoughts about improving her race-chair. Step by step we make small improvements to adapt the race-chair to Amy's physical possibillities.
We, at UNOVELO, are ready to support her all the way to the Paralympics 2012 in London.
For more information on Amy's preparation towards the Paralympics 2012 visit her website: Amy Siemons