Caroline Buchanan

Nicknamed Caro,[1] Buchanan was born on 24 October 1990 in Canberra, Australia.[1][2] She attended St John Vianney Weston Creek before going to high school at Merici College Braddon and Erindale College.[1] In September 2016, Buchanan became engaged to American BMX rider Barry Nobles[3][4] and they married in September 2018.[5] Buchanan is 165 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 68 kilograms (150 lb).[1]

In late December, 2017, Buchanan was involved in an off-road vehicle accident. She suffered serious injuries, including a collapsed lung and spent time in an intensive care unit.[6]

Buchanan represents Australia in BMX and mountain biking.[7] She has been coached by Wade Bootes since 2007.[1] Her primary training base is on Queensland's Gold Coast.[1] She has a cycling scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport.[1] She is a member of the Tuggeranong Vikings BMX Club.[1] She is 11× time Australian champion in BMX,[7] in 2011 World Championships Buchanan won silver medal at time trial. She is also the 2009 and 2010 4-X Champion.[2][8] She has earned the Australian Female Mountain bike rider of the year title three times.[1]

While Buchanan was one of the best Australian BMX riders in 2008, she was not eligible for the Olympics because of her age.[1] Following the 2008 issue, she added mountain biking to her cycling disciplines.[1]

During 2012, Buchanan was focused on BMX and earning an Olympic spot in the discipline.[8] In 2012, she won a round of the Supercross, becoming the first Australian woman to do so.[8] She had the two fastest runs at the 2012 time trial event at the World Championships in Birmingham, England.[8] In May 2012, she was ranked the number one women's BMX rider in the world.[8] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event.[1]

In September 2013 Buchanan won the elite women's title at the UCI World Four Cross Championships in Leogang, Austria. She beat Anneke Beerten (Netherlands) the defending world champion.[9] In July Buchanan also won the UCI BMX World Championships in New Zealand.[9] In 2013, she won the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy for Australia's best all-round cyclist. She was the first person competing in BMX or mountain bike to win the award.[10][11]

In May 2016 Buchanan won the Elite Women's Time Trial at the World BMX Championships in Colombia[12] and was second to Mariana Pajon in the Elite Women's BMX race.

Buchanan qualified second in the seeding at the 2016 Olympics. However, she crashed during one of the semi-final rounds and didn't qualify for the final.[13]

Since recovering from an accident in December 2017 she has started to compete in freestyle BMX events.[14] In October 2019 she joined the Ride Concepts team.[15] She is aiming to compete in BMX in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

• Official website
• Caroline Buchanan profile - Cycling Australia