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{{short description|Canadian cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Alison Sydor
| image          = Sydor0103 209.jpg
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| caption        = Sydor at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic
| fullname       = Alison Jane Sydor
| nickname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1966|9|9}}
| birth_place    = [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada
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| currentteam    = 
| discipline     = [[Mountain bike racing|Mountain bike]] and [[Road bicycle racing|road]]
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Mountain bike: cross-country
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| proyears1      = <!--{{Unbulleted list|–}}-->
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| majorwins      = 2008 Absa Cape Epic Women's Category      2009 Absa Cape Epic Mixed Category
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{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[mountain bike racing]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1994 Vail]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1995 Kirchzarten]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1996 Cairns]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|2002 Kaprun]] | {{nowrap|[[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Team relay|Team cross-country]]}} }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1992 Bromont]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1999 Åre]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|2000 Sierra Nevada]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2001 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|2001 Vail]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|2003 Lugano]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1998 Mont-Sainte-Anne]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|1999 Åre]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Team relay|Team cross-country]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|2004 Les Gets]] | [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country|Cross-country]] }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1991 UCI Road World Championships|1991 Stuttgart]] | Road race }}
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}}

'''Alison Jane Sydor''' (born September 9, 1966) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] retired professional [[cross-country cycling|cross-country mountain cyclist]]. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the [[University of Victoria]]. She won a silver medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in mountain bike,<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/alison-sydor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sy/alison-sydor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Alison Sydor |access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref> and has won three [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships|world mountain bike championships]] gold medals (1994 in [[Vail, Colorado]]; 1995 in [[Kirchzarten]], Germany; and 1996 in [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]], Australia) and the 2002 relay race in [[Kaprun]], Austria.

Sydor has also won five silver medals (1992, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003) and three bronze (1998, 1999 (relay race), 2004) at mountain bike world championships, and one bronze at the road world championships (1991).  In addition, Sydor has won 17 World Cup (cross-country) races in her career, and for 13 consecutive years (1992–2004) never finished outside of the top-5 at the world championships.

In 1995 and 1996, Sydor was awarded the [[Velma Springstead Trophy]] as Canada's top female athlete.

In September 2007 Sydor was inducted into the [[Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]].

In December 2007 it was announced that Sydor would be inducted into British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2008 at a ceremony on May 29, 2008.

Sydor and teammate [[Pia Sundstedt]] won the Women's Category in the Absa [[Cape Epic]] in 2008. Sydor then came back to win the Mixed Category with [[Nico Pfitzenmaier]] in 2009.

In 2013, Sydor was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/category/2013-inductees/ |title=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame – Class of 2013 Inductees |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422131114/http://www.sportshall.ca/category/2013-inductees/ |archive-date=April 22, 2013 }}</ref>

== Major results ==
; [[UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships]]
* Gold Medal (Cross Country: 1994, 1995, 1996; Team Relay: 2002)
* Silver Medal (Cross Country: 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
* Bronze Medal (Cross Country: 1998, 2004; Team Relay: 1999)
; [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Road World Championships]]
* Bronze Medal (1991)
; Summer Olympics
* Silver Medal ([[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]])
* 4th Place ([[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Cross Country Women|2004]])
* 5th Place ([[Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]])
; Commonwealth Games
* Silver Medal (Team Time Trial: [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994]])
* Bronze Medal (Road Race: [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994]])
; Pan American Games
* Gold Medal ([[1995 Pan American Games|1995]])
* Silver Medal ([[1999 Pan American Games|1999]])
; Absa [[Cape Epic]]
* 1st Place Ladies Category 2008
* 1st Place Mixed Category 2009

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103181639/http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/inductees.cfm?page=99&mID=158 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame entry]
* {{Cycling Archives}}
* {{ProCyclingStats}}
* {{Canada's Sports Hall of Fame}}
* {{Team Canada|alison-sydor}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|alison-sydor|org_archive=20190621084410}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGF}}

{{UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Women's cross-country}}
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