Erin Rowell
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportCycling
Disability classC4
Medal record
Cycling
Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines500 m Time Trial C5
Bronze medal – third place2023 Glasgow500 m Time Trial C4

Erin Rowell (née Normoyle) (born 19 January 1983)[1] is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She won a bronze medal at her first Para-cycling Track World Championships. Prior to transferring to cycling, she was an international motocross rider.

Personal

In 2010, she was involved in a serious head-on motor vehicle accident near Red Bud, Illinois. She suffered multiple fractures to her leg, as well as chest and rib injuries.[2] Rowell with her husband Ryan operate in the TORQ F1T fitness centre in Torquay, Victoria.[3]

Sport

In 2004, she moved to the United States to pursue a career in motocross riding and further her modelling career.

In 2022, Rowell became first AusCycling’s Fast Track program to be selected to a national team after her earning selection for the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[4] She is classified as C5 rider.

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C5 and finished 11th in the Women's Individual Pursuit C5.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Results - UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships". UCI. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Erin Normoyle Update". Racer X Online. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Nicol, Jessica (1 August 2018). "Talking fitness with TORQ F1T". Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "From Fast Track to Para-cycling Track Worlds podium: Meet Erin Rowell". AusCycling. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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