Denise Marie Ramsden (born 21 November 1990) is a Canadian former

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. She competed at the

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in the women's road race, finishing 27th and in the women's time trial finishing 19th.

Personal life

Ramsden graduated from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

in 2013, and also graduated with a

Juris Doctor A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other j ...

from the

University of Toronto Faculty of Law The University of Toronto Faculty of Law (U of T Law, UToronto Law) is the law school of the University of Toronto, located at the University of Toronto#St. George campus, St. George campus in Downtown Toronto. It is the top ranked common law facu ...

in 2018. She now works as an associate with Canadian international corporate

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Major results

Sources: ;2007 : 1st MaillotCan

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2008 : 1st MaillotCan

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 1st Gold medal blank

Time trial,

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: National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

;2011 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Road race ::1st MaillotCan

Pan American Road Championships The Pan American Road Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are sel ...

::5th Time trial ::6th Road race : 7th

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: 7th

Chrono Gatineau Chrono Gatineau is an elite women's professional one-day time trial held in Canada and is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race. In the same week, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau Grand Prix cycliste de Gat ...

;2012 : 1st MaillotCan

Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Time trial,

;2013 : 9th

: 10th Overall

Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche Ardèche (; , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Southeastern France. It is named after th ...

;2014 : 1st

Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road race held in Canada and is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race.Road race, National Road Championships : 10th

Winston-Salem Cycling Classic The Winston-Salem Cycling Classic is a one-day race held annually since 2013 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. In 2019, it was rated as a 1.2 race by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and was part of the UCI America T ...

;2015 : 1st Gastown Grand Prix : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships : 6th White Spot / Delta Road Race

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* * * * 1990 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics University of British Columbia alumni University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games People from Hay River {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub