Alana Forster

Australian Paralympic cyclist

Alana Forster

Forster winning bronze at the 2024 World Championships

Personal information
Nationality| Australian
Born|  (1986-05-04) 4 May 1986 (age 39)
Sport
Country| Australia
Sport| Cycling
Disability class| C5
Club| Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club

Medal record

Cycling
Paralympic Games
| 2024 Paris | Road time trial C5
Track World Championships
| 2023 Glasgow | Scratch race C5
Road World Championships
| 2023 Glasgow | Time trial C5
| 2024 Zurich | Road race C5

Alana Forster (born 4 May 1986) is an Australian Paralympic cyclist. She won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2023 UCI World Championships in Glasgow. Forster won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

## Personal life

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Forster suffered injuries as a result of a car accident where her car was t-boned.[2] Forster was airlifted to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and spent a week in intensive care. She suffered injuries to her pelvis, femur, ulna, patella and ribs.[2] She spent three months in rehabilitation. Prior to the car accident, Forster worked as an emergency department doctor.[2]

## Cycling

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Prior to her car accident, Forster had a successful road cycling career including racing in Europe and the Dubai Women's Tour, and earned top-10 results in Oceania and national time trial championships.[2] Forster is classified as a C5 cyclist.[3]

At the Australian Road Cycling Championships, she won the gold medal in the Women's Road Race WC4 and bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial WC4.[4] At the 2023 Oceania Track Championships, she defeated Meg Lemon in Women's Individual Pursuit C5 and finished third in the Women's Omnium C5.[5]

Forster won the gold medal in the Women's Scratch race C5 at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow after making a successful attack with five laps to go.[6]

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Foster finished fifth in the Women's Scratch Race C5 and sixth in the Women's Individual Pursuit C5.[7] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the bronze in the Women's C5 Individual Time Trial, finished fifth in the Women's Individual pursuit C5 and seventh in the Women's road race C4-5.[8]

She is a member of the Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Cycling Team For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
2. ^ a b c d Miu, Ryan (1 March 2023). "Alana Forster: From emergency room to national champion". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
3. ^ "Forster, Alana". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Paris 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
4. ^ "2023 Australian Road Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
5. ^ "2023 Oceania Track Cycling Championships". AusCycling. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
6. ^ Davies, Josh (8 August 2023). "Worlds: Double rainbow delight for Australia on the track". AusCycling. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
7. ^ "2024 UCI Paracycling Track World Championships". paraworlds2024.veloresults.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
8. ^ "Women's C5 Individual Time Trial Results". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Paris 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
9. ^ "Josh Jolly and Alana Forster in Australian team for World Cycling Championships". The Courier. Ballarat, Victoria. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

## External links

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* Alana Forster at Paralympics Australia
* Alana Forster at UCI

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Archery|

* Taymon Kenton-Smith
* Patrick French
* Amanda Jennings
* Ameera Lee
* Jonathon Milne
* Melissa Tanner

Athletics|

* Luke Bailey
* Jaryd Clifford
* Matthew Clarke
* Tim Logan
* Angus Hincksman
* Reece Langdon
* Rheed McCracken
* Sam McIntosh
* Chad Perris
* Sam Rizzo
* Michael Roeger
* James Turner
* Angela Ballard
* Telaya Blacksmith
* Rhiannon Clarke
* Annabelle Colman
* Abby Craswell
* Madison de Rozario
* Mali Lovell
* Ella Pardy
* Corey Anderson
* Michal Burian
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* Nicholas Hum
* Sarah Clifton-Bligh
* Dayna Crees
* Sarah Edmiston
* Ella Hose
* Rosemary Little
* Vanessa Low
* Samantha Schmidt
* Maria Strong
* Sarah Walsh

Badminton|

* Mischa Ginns
* Celine Vinot

Boccia|

* Jamieson Leeson
* Daniel Michel

Cycling|

* Alana Forster
* Jessica Gallagher
* Caitlin Ward
* Meg Lemon
* Emily Petricola
* Amanda Reid
* Gordon Allan
* Korey Boddington
* Alistair Donohoe
* Darren Hicks
* Kane Perris
* Luke Zaccaria
* Meg Lemon
* Lauren Parker
* Emily Petricola
* Grant Allen
* Alistair Donohoe
* Darren Hicks

Equestrian|

* Stella Barton
* Bridget Murphy
* Dianne Barnes
* Lisa Martin

Judo|

* Taylor Gosens

Paracanoeing|

* Curtis McGrath
* Dylan Littlehales
* Susan Seipel

Paratriathlon|

* Nic Beveridge
* Sam Harding
* Aaron Royle
* Tom Goodman
* Justin Godfrey
* Jeremy Peacock
* Liam Twomey
* David Bryant
* Jack Howell
* Lauren Parker
* Anu Francis
* Grace Brimelow
* Sally Pilbeam

Powerlifting|

* Hani Watson
* Ben Wright

Rowing|

* Erik Horrie
* Nikki Ayers
* Jed Altschwager
* Susannah Lutze
* Alexandra Viney
* Tom Birtwhistle
* Tobiah Goffsassen
* Hannah Cowap

Shooting|

* Natalie Smith
* Anton Zappelli

Swimming|

* Jesse Aungles
* Ricky Betar
* Lewis Bishop
* Rowan Crothers
* Thomas Gallagher
* Brenden Hall
* Benjamin Hance
* Timothy Hodge
* Jack Ireland
* Ahmed Kelly
* Jake Michel
* Grant Patterson
* Col Pearse
* Alex Saffy
* Callum Simpson
* Emily Beecroft
* Katja Dedekind,
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* Ella Jones
* Jenna Jones
* Alexa Leary
* Paige Leonhardt
* Madeleine McTernan
* Chloe Osborn
* Lakeisha Patterson
* Keira Stephens
* Ruby Storm
* Holly Warn
* Rachael Watson
* Poppy Wilson

Table tennis|

* Jessy Chen
* Chris Addis
* Zhi Ming Huo
* Trevor Hirth
* Nathan Pellissier
* Ma Lin
* Samuel Von Einem
* Hayley Sands
* Daniela Di Toro
* Lei Lina
* Yang Qian
* Melissa Tapper

Wheelchair basketball|

* Samuel White
* Frank Pinder
* Jaylen Brown
* Eithen Leard
* Bill Latham
* Shaun Norris
* Tristan Knowles
* Jannik Blair
* Tom O'Neill-Thorne
* Luke Pople
* Tom McHugh
* Phil Evans

Wheelchair rugby|

* Ryley Batt
* Chris Bond
* Ben Fawcett
* Brayden Foxley-Connolly
* Andrew Edmondson
* Shae Graham
* Jake Howe
* Josh Nicholson
* James McQuillan
* Emilie Miller
* Ella Sabljak
* Beau Vernon

Wheelchair tennis|

* Heath Davidson
* Ben Weekes
* Anderson Parker

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