Shanaze Reade
BMX Rider
British BMX racer and track cyclist who won gold representing Great Britain at UCI BMX World Championships and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2015, she retired from BMX and began focusing on track cycling full-time.
She was originally a track and field athlete. She began competing in BMX in 2005.
She won silver at the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships despite being hospitalized due to a serious crash just days before.
Her father is Jamaican and her mother is Irish.
She and Liam Phillips both represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.