Career
She represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, competing in the Women"s Cross-country cycling event. Hanlen was born in Whakatane in 1980. In 2010, she switched from mountain running to mountain biking, buying her first performance bike on TradeMe.
She is the only woman representing New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics, beating Rosara Joseph for the sole spot.
Olympic Hanlen competed for New Zealand in the Women"s Mountain Biking Cross-Country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She finished 18th, with a time of 1:37:54.