Nationality Mauritius Height 1.67 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Aurelie Halbwachs Sport Road Cycling Weight 60 kg | |
Born August 24, 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-08-24 ) Curepipe, Mauritius | ||
Aurelie Halbwachs (born August 24, 1986 in Curepipe, Mauritius) is a Mauritian road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in 68th place, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, where she failed to finish.
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She began cycling in 2006, and has been named Mauritius's Athlete of the Year in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Halbwachs best international performance as of 2016 are the silver medal at African Continental Championships WE in 2010, bronze medal at African Continental Championships WJ in 2009-11, silver in National Championships Mauritius WE - Road Race in 2016 and bronze at stage Tour de Free State in 2012. In Mauritius, she was the winner of National Championships Mauritius - Road Race in 2012 and National Championships Mauritius - ITT in 2012.
During 2016, she started participating in mountain bike races which typically were of 1,200 m climbs and 57 km (35 mi) long. She has partial association with South African Airways, who have enabled her participate in the events. She is married to her long time mixed pair partner Yannick Lincoln who is a six time Tour Mauritius champion and they have a girl child Yana.
Personal life
Halbwachs was born on 24 August 1986 on Curepipe, Mauritius. She is married to Yannick Lincoln who is a six time Tour Mauritius champion. She paired with him from 2003 in several mixed doubles squads and cycle championships. They got married in 2006. She gave birth to a girl child, Yana, on 13 September 2015. She volunteered in the initiative of the Ministry of Sports in Mauritius to build a velodrome constructed to enable the infrastructure facilities in Roches Brunes.
Events
She started her career in cycling in 2006 and competed in various local and international tournaments. She had good success in African Championship winning most of her medals there. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in 68th place, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, where she failed to finish. Halbwachs best international performance as of 2016 are the silver medal at African Continental Championships WE in 2010, bronze medal at African Continental Championships WJ in 2009-11, silver in National Championships Mauritius WE - Road Race in 2016 and bronze at stage Tour de Free State in 2012. In Mauritius, she was the winner of National Championships Mauritius - Road Race in 2012 and National Championships Mauritius - ITT in 2012. During 2016, she started participating in mountain bike races which typically were of 1,200 m climbs and 57 km (35 mi) long. She has partial association with South African Airways, who have enabled her participate in the events. She has been named Mauritius's Athlete of the Year in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011.