Audrey McElmury
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| Full name | Audrey McElmury, nee Phleger | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 24, 1943 Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 26, 2013 (aged 70) Bozeman, Montana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1969 UCI Road World Championships 1969 USA National Omnium Championship 1970 USA National Pursuit Championship 1970 USA National Road Championship 1970 - USA National hour record, 24.8 miles | |||||||||||||||
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Audrey McElmury (born Audrey Phleger, January 24, 1943 in Northampton, Massachusetts – March 26, 2013 in Bozeman, Montana) was the first American cyclist to win the Road World Championship. She won in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1969, having fallen and remounted her bike. Hers was the United States' first world cycling championship since Frank Kramer won the professional sprint race in 1912 and the first ever in road cycling.