Career
Interesting Facts
- Anna Meares became a household name when she won a gold medal in the 500m time trial and a bronze in the sprint at her first Olympics appearance in Athens in 2004.
-Four years later she made a remarkable return to the track following a horrific race crash in which she broke her neck. Just 7 months after the severe injury threatened to end her career, Meares won silver at her second Olympic appearance in Beijing in the sprint where she went down in the final to Britain's Victoria Pendleton. The medal was the only one Australia claimed on the track in an otherwise disappointing Olympic campaign.
- After winning the individual sprint, team sprint and kierin at the 2012 Australian Track Championships, Meares went on to claim a gold, silver and bronze at the 2012 World Track Championships in Melbourne. She won the kierin, led Australia to a silver in the team sprint and finished with bronze after being knocked out in the semi-final in the individual sprint. Meares also broke the world record for the flying 200m in qualifying for the individual sprint.
- Meares and teammate Jack Bobridge will be the only Australian track cyclists in London with Olympic experience so she will be looking to lead the cycling team on and off the track.
- Meares has won four gold, a silver and a bronze in three consecutive Commonwealth Games appearances in Manchester, Melbourne and Delhi.
Teams:
2012London Olympic Games
2012 Track World Championships AUS
2011/12 Track World Cup London GBR
2011 Track World Championships NED
2011 Track World Cup Astana, KAZ
2011 Track World Cup Manchester GBR
2010 Track World Cup Melbourne AUS
2010 Commonwealth Games IND
2010 Track World Championships DEN
2009 Track World Championships POL
2008 Olympic Games CHN
2007 Track World Championships ESP
2006 Track World Championships FRA
2006 Commonwealth Games AUS
2005 Track World Championships USA
2004 Olympic Games GRE
2004 Track World Championships AUS
2003 Track World Championships GER
2002 Track World Championships DEN
2002 Commonwealth Games UK
2001 Junior Track World Championships USA
2001 Sydney Youth Olympic Festival AUS
2000 Junior Track World Championships ITA