Nicole Freedman (born May 21, 1972) is an American Olympic cyclist.

Early life and career

Freedman, who is Jewish, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She attended

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, and then

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. Among the teams she has competed on are Shaklee (1997–1998), Charles Schwab (1999–2000), Credit Suisse First Boston (2001), RONA (2002), and Basis (2003–). In 1997, she was a US National Team member. She was a member of the US cycling team at the

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(and competed in the 119.7 km women's road race), and won the US National Championship Road Race. In 2001, she won the US National Championship Criterium. In 2003, she came in second in the Israel National Championship road race. In 2001, she was honored by the US Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2007, Freedman became head of the "Boston Bikes" initiative for the City of

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under Mayor

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. On April 3, 2012, Freedman announced that she would become the executive director of Maine Huts & Trails, transitioning into the role that April and replacing David Herring as the second full-time Executive Director for the organization. Nicole returned to the position of Director of the Boston Bikes program in January 2013."Nicole Freedman Returns as Director of Boston Bikes"
, Press Release, City of Boston, Mayor's Office, January 3, 2013 Freedman resigned from Boston Bikes in March 2015 pending a move to Seattle, Washington. Subsequently, she became the Chief of Active Transportation & Partnerships in the Seattle Department of Transportation per their organizational chart of July 2015 She was located in the Transit and Mobility group and worked on the Puget Sound Bike Share initiative as well as a new Summer Parkways program.http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/seattlebicycleadvisoryboard/minutes/sbabjuneminutesfinal15.pdf On September 12, 2016, Nicole was appointed to be Director of Transportation for the City of Newton, MA.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freedman, Nicole 1972 births Living people Jewish American sportspeople Stanford University alumni American female cyclists American cycling road race champions Sportspeople from Wellesley, Massachusetts Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American sportswomen