Alana Forster

Alana Forster (born 4 May 1986) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow.

Alana Forster
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1986-05-04) 4 May 1986
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC5
ClubBallarat Sebastopol Cycling Club
Medal record
Cycling
Track World Championships
2023 GlasgowScratch race C5
Road World Championships
2023 GlasgowTime trial C5

Personal life

Forster suffered injuries as a result of a car accident where her car was t-boned.[1] Forster was airlifted to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and was in intensive car for a week. Her injuries included broken pelvis, femur, patella, ulna bones and a number of ribs.[1] She spent three months in rehabilitation. Prior to the car accident, worked as an emergency department doctor.[1]

Cycling

Prior to her car accident, Forster had a successful road cycling career including racing in Europe and the Dubai Women's Tour, and earned top-10 results in Oceania and national time trial championships.[1] Forster is classified as a C5 cyclist.

At the Australian Road Cycling Championships, she won the gold medal in the Women's Road Race WC4 and bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial WC4.[2] At the 2023 Oceania Track Championships, she defeated Meg Lemon in Women's Individual Pursuit C5 and finished third in the Women's Omnium C5.[3]

Forster won the gold medal in the Women's Scratch race C5 at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow after making a successful attack with five laps to go.[4]

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Foster finished fifth in the Women's Scratch Race C5 and sixth in the Women's Individual Pursuit C5.[5]

She is a member of the Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club.[6]

References
  1. Miu, Ryan (1 March 2023). "Alana Forster: From emergency room to national champion". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. "2023 Australian Road Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. "2023 Oceania Track Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. Davies, Josh (8 August 2023). "Worlds: Double rainbow delight for Australia on the track". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. "2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships". paraworlds2024.veloresults.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. "Josh Jolly and Alana Forster in Australian team for World Cycling Championships". The Copurier. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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