Alexandra Lisney

Alexandra Lisney (née Green; born 2 July 1987) is an Australian rower and cyclist. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She represented Australian at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Alexandra Lisney

Portrait of Australian 2016 Paralympic Team member Alexandra Green.
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 Sydney, Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Cycling
Disability class	C4
Club	Manly Warringah Cycling Club
Medal record Women's track cycling Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's individual pursuit C4 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2011 Montichiari Women's individual pursuit C4 2012 Los Angeles Women's individual pursuit C4 2014 Aguascalientes Women's individual pursuit C4 2016 Montichiari Women's individual pursuit C4 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships 2015 Nottwil Women's Time Trial C4

Personal

Green was born ten weeks premature on 2 July 1987 in Sydney, Australia.[2][3] She has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of her body.[3] As of 2016, she lives in Sydney, Australia and was a student at the University of New South Wales, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.[2][3] She is employed as a structural engineer.[4] She was married in September 2015.

Adaptive rowing

Lisney took up adaptive rowing in 2008 following an Australian Paralympic Committee talent search event. She went on to make the national team within one year of participating in the sport[3][5] with her first appearance at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poland.[3]

Cycling

Green at the 2012 London Paralympics

Lisney is a C4 classified cyclist,[2][3] and a member of Manly Warringah Cycling Club.[2] She took up the sport in 2010. That year, at the NSW Track State Championships, she finished first in the C3 individual pursuit.[3] She first represented Australia in 2011.[3] Green won the bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2011UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.[2] At the 2011 Sydney hosted World Cup, she finished second in the women's 53.7 km C4 road race.[6] In 2012, she participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where she finished first in the C4 women's 3000m Individual Pursuit earning her a gold medal and the world champion's striped jersey. Alex also finished fourth in the 500m Time Trial and sixth in the C4/C5 women's scratch race.[7]

She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling.[3] In the lead up to the Paralympics, she participated in the Blenheim Palace festival of cycling time trial event.[8][9] At the 2012 Summer ParalympicsLisney participated in the Women's Road Race C4-5, Women's Time Trial C4, Women's 500m Time Trial C4-5 and Women's Individual Pursuit C4 – winning a bronze in the Individual Pursuit.[10] Competing at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico, she won a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4.[11]

At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Nottwil, Switzerland, she won the silver medal in the Women's Time Trial C4 and finished fifth in the Women's Road Race C4.[12][13] At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4.[14]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she competed in four events. Her best results were fourth in the Women's Road Time Trial C4 and seventh in the Women's Road Race C4-5.[15]

References

1. Walsh, Scott (30 May 2016). "Five-time gold medallist Kieran Modra facing unusual 'first' in storied Paralympics career". Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
2. "Alexandra Green". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. "Alexandra Green". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
4. "Alexandra Lisney". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
5. Today 21°C Tonight 7°C (27 May 2010). "Paralympians to converge on Blacktown". Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
6. "Aussie cyclists win gold at Eastern Creek". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
7. "Para-Cyclones Golden Finish to Worlds Campaign". International Business Times. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
8. Nigel Wynn. "GB and Australian Paralympic squads warm up at Blenheim Palace | Latest News". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
9. "Preview: Bike Blenheim Palace". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
10. Results for Alexandra Green from the International Paralympic Committee (archived). Retrieved 6 October 2012.
11. "Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation". Cycling Australia News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
12. "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
13. "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 2 August. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
14. "Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three". Cycling Australia News. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
15. "Alexandra Lisney". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links

• Alexandra Lisney at FISA WorldRowing.com
• Alexandra Lisney at the International Paralympic Committee
• Alexandra Lisney at Paralympics Australia
• Alexandra Green at the Australian Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 March 2016)
• Cycling Australia Profile
• Alexandra Green on Twitter
• Alexandra Green website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 March 2016)