Shanaze Reade
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| Full name | Shanaze Danielle Reade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 September 1988 Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Madison Genesis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) Track |
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| Role | Racer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | BMX: Off Road Track: Sprinter |
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| 2001–2003 | Bulldog Bikes UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Team Persil BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | SIS/Adidas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Koxx Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2008 | Redline Bicycles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Team Sky+ HD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 – | Madison Genesis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shanaze Danielle Reade (born 23 September 1988 in Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom) is a former professional British Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and track cyclist whose prime competitive years began in 2002. She has won the UCI BMX World Championships three times. Reade is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Irish mother.
Reade began racing in 1998 at the age of 10, at Tipkinder Park in Crewe. A local track operator named Bob Field, whose son also raced at the time, became her mentor. She was influenced by BMX professional racer, Jamie Staff, who was also from Crewe and raced at Reade's home track before Reade's career and during its early stages. She bought her first BMX bike for £1. She was previously a Track & Field enthusiast but apparently got bored with 100-metre sprint running and the Shot Put after five years in those sports before discovering BMX.
In 2005, she raced the National series with the men all year, despite being only 17 years old. She commented on racing against men in a Descent World interview:
I am usually always top 3 when racing the guys. I have been racing them now for 2 years and I was almost the National Champion last year though had to settle for the No 2 spot. The boys in BMX are all cool, some spit their dummies out but I just let them get on with it! It's really quite fun to watch when I kick their booties..
Reade fractured her knee two weeks before the UCI World Championships in July 2005 at a national event in England. She raced the World Championships with her knee wrapped up and on pain killers but crashed in the quarter finals.
Known for her power, she developed her strength racing against boys and older amateurs, including men up to the present time. She won her first professional race in the Girls Pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 April 2006. She also won the following day. In 2006, she became British National No.1 in 19 & Over Elite Men after racing the National series with men all year, despite being only 17 at the time, 1.72 metres tall and 76 kg.
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