Career
She has awarded two South African championship titles each in both road race and time trial, and later represented her nation South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Marissa also raced for the nation"s MTN Cycling team before her official retirement in 2011. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Marissa qualified for the South African squad in the women"s road race by receiving one of the nation"s two available berths from the UCI World Cup.
She successfully completed a grueling race with a thirty-fourth-place effort in 3:33:17, surpassing Great Britain"s Sharon Laws and the Netherlands" Mirjam Melchers by a few inches.
On that same year, Marissa earned the women"s time trial title in her first and only attempt at the South African Championships in East London. 2006
2nd South African Championships (Road), Portuguese Elizabeth (Republic of South Africa )
2007
2nd All-Africa Games, Algiers (ALG)
2nd South African Championships (Road), South Africa
3rd South African Championships (International Telephone And Telegraph), South Africa
2008
1st South African Championships (International Telephone And Telegraph), East London (Republic of South Africa )
34th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN)
2009
3rd South African Championships (International Telephone And Telegraph), Oudtshoorn (Republic of South Africa )
2011
1st South African Championships (Road), Portuguese Elizabeth (Republic of South Africa ).
