Warren Carne
Warren James Carne (born 14 October 1975) is a former Zimbabwean cyclist.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Warren James Carne |
Nickname | Tintin |
Born | Bulawayo, Rhodesia | 14 October 1975
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Mountainbike |
Rider type | Cross Country |
Professional team | |
2005 - 2007 | Zimbabwe |
Early years
His family relocated to South Africa from Zimbabwe in the mid 1980s, Carne attended Potchefstroom Boys High and graduated from the same class as South African Commonwealth Games Boxer Sean Santana and Olympic 800 metre runner Hezekiél Sepeng.
Cycling career
As a junior he dabbled in time trialing on the road before turning his attention to mountain biking. He placed 12th at the 2005 Zimbabwean National XC MTB Championships[1] held in Harare. Carne was a member of the Zimbabwe team that competed at the 2007 UCI African[2] Championships that were contested in Windhoek, Namibia where he finished 5th having fractured his forearm in a heavy crash earlier in the race.
- Carne & Timothy Jones (cyclist) who raced at the 2001 Giro d'Italia share the same grandfather.
Palmarès
2005
12th Zimbabwean National Mountain Bike Championships, Harare (ZIM)
10th Gauteng & North Gauteng Interprovincial, Johannesburg (RSA)
2007
5th UCI African Cross Country Championships, Windhoek (NAM)
References
- "The world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "The world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
External links
- "National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Zimbabwe 2005". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "The world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "Warren Carne". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
2007 Zimbabwe National Mountain Bike Squad |
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Wayne Davidson, Warren Carne, Margie Gibson, Wonder Matenje, Trevor Volker, Antipas Kwari, Byron Munyoro, Lee Mc Nab, Prince Ngundu |