Mara Abbott
  • Discipline: Road
  • Date of birth: 11/14/1985
  • Height: 5'5
  • Weight: 115 lbs
  • Education: Whitman College
  • Birthplace: Boulder, CO
  • Hometown: Boulder, CO
  • Residence: Boulder, CO
  • Team/Sponsors: Wiggle High5

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Points of Interest/Personal
o   Works at Cure Organic Farms and as a yoga instructor off the bike
o   Columnist for the Daily Camera (local newspaper)
o   Served on the City of Boulder’s Environmental Advisory Board
o   Competed as a swimmer at Whitman College where she earned an economics degree
o   Three-time collegiate national champion

Olympic/World Championship Results
o   2016 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro — 4th road race
o   2014 UCI Road World Championships, Ponferrada, Spain — DNF road race
o   2013 UCI Road World Championships, Toscana, Italy — 13th road race
o   2009 UCI Road World Championships, Mendrisio, Switzerland — 18th road race
o   2007 UCI Road World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany — 45th road race
 
Career Highlights 
Two-time Giro D’Italia Internazionale Femminile winner — 2013 & 2010
Two-time Professional Road Race National Champion — 2010 & 2007
 
1st — 2016 Silver City’s Tour of the Gila
2nd — 2015 Giro D’Italia Internazionale Femminile
1st — 2015 Silver City’s Tour of the Gila
1st — 2014 Vuelta a el Salvador
3rd — 2014 Grand Prix el Salvador
1st — 2014 Grand Prix de Oriente
3rd — 2014 Grand Prix GSB
1st — 2013 Giro D’Italia Internazionale Femminile
1st — 2010 Giro D’Italia Internazionale Femminile
2nd — 2010 Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Feminin
2nd — 2009 Giro Donne
3rd — 2009 Iurreta-emakumeen Bira