Track Cyclist Natasha Hansen is triple Commonwealth Games medallist.
After competing at two Olympic Games in London and Rio, she appeared at the Commonwealth Games for the first time on the Gold Coast. She At 28 years-old she claimed two silver in the team sprint (alongside Emma Cumming) and the individual sprint, and one bronze in the keirin.
At London 2012 Hansen finished 12th in the sprint and 11th in the keirin. She took a break from the sport before returning to the High Performance squad in Cambridge in 2015 to finish an encouraging 4th placing in the UCI World Cup in Cali with Katie Schofield. A national record holder in sprint and 500m time trial, Hansen finished 9th at Rio 2016 and 5th in the same event at the 2016 World Championships.
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Fast facts
- Sport
- Cycling - Track
- Birth place
- Auckland
- Born
- 1989
- Height
- 167cm
- Performance: 34:238
- Result: 4th
- Placed: 4 of 16
- Performance: 12:691
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- Performance: 33.115
- Result: 2
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- Performance: 11.016
- Result: 3rd
- Placed: 3 of 12
- Performance: 11.:795
- Result: 1
- Placed: 9 of 27
- Performance: 34.346
- Result: 9
- Placed: 9 of 9
- Performance: 11:294
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- Placed: 17 of 27
- Performance: 12
- Result: 12
- Placed: 12 of 18
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- Result: 11
- Placed: 11 of 18