Roland Green (born 29 July 1974 in

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) is a retired

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and

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. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the

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, held in Sydney, Australia. He was a Commonwealth gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in

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, winning the MTB event on the same day as his birthday. Green dominated the world cup circuit of cross-country mountain biking from 2000 until 2003, becoming world champion in both 2001 and 2002. Roland also is the record holder of the Mount Doug Hill climb in his hometown of Victoria BC, Canada with a fast 4Min. 39sec which nobody has broken in 10 years. He was named VeloNews' ''Mountain Bike Man of the Year'' in 1999 and ''Canada's Male Cyclist of the Year'' in 2000. Green retired at the end of the 2005 racing season.

Palmarès

;1996 :2nd Tour of Hawaii Time Trial :4th World Championships, U-23 category :1st Canadian National XC Championships :3rd Tour of Malaysia Road Race ;1997 :7th World Championships :2nd Canadian National XC Championships ;1998 :4th Overall, NORBA NCS :1st Canadian National XC Championships ;1999 :1st Overall, NORBA NCS Short Track XC :1st Overall, NORBA Short Track Championship :3rd Overall, NORBA NCS :1st NORBA NCS #6, Mt. Snow, Vermont :2nd NORBA NCS #5, Deer Valley, Utah :3rd NORBA NCS #1, Snow Summit, California :2nd Tour of the Rockies, Colorado :1at Time Trial Stage, Tour of the Redlands :Bronze medal, World Team Relay Championships ;2000 :2nd World Championships, Spain :4th World Cup #1 :14th, 2000 Summer Olympic Games :1st Overall, Whistler International Classic Stage Race ;2001 :1st UCI World Championships, Vail, Colorado :1st Overall, UCI World Cup ::1st UCI World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium ::1st UCI World Cup, Mont St. Anne, Canada ::2nd UCI World Cup, Grouse Mountain, British Columbia ::2nd UCI World Cup, Sarentino, Italy :1st Overall, NORBA NCS XC Series ::1st NORBA NCS XC, Snowshoe, West Virginia ::1st NORBA NCS XC, Mammoth, California ::1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont ::2nd NORBA NCS XC, Big Bear, California :1st Overall, NORBA NC STXC Series ::1st NORBA NCS STXC, Snowshoe, West Virginia ::1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mammoth, California ::1st NORBA NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont ::3rd NORBA NCS STXC, Big Bear, California :1st Canadian National Championships :1st UCI World Cup Team Relay, Vail, Colorado :2nd Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California ::1st Cross Country, Sea Otter Classic, Monterey, California :3rd Redlands Road Race, California ;2002 :1st UCI World Championships, Kuprun, Austria :1st Gold medal blank

Commonwealth Games, MTB Race, Manchester, England :2nd Cross-Country World Cup, Madrid, Spain :5th Cross-Country World Cup, Houffalize, Belgium :5th Cross-Country World Cup Finals, Les Gets, France :1st Norba NCS XC, Troy, Wisconsin :1st Norba NCS XC, Durango, Colorado :1st Norba NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :1st Norba NCS XC, Showshoe, West Virginia :1st Norba NCS STXC, Troy, Wisconsin :1st Norba NCS STXC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :3rd Norba NCS STXC, Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia ;2003 :1st Canadian National MTB Championships :1st NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :1st NORBA NCS XC, Sand Point, Idaho :1st Overall, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 1, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 3, Sea Otter Classic ::1st Stage 4, Sea Otter Classic :2nd Overall, Subaru Nova Desert Classic ::1st Stage 2, Subaru Nova Desert Classic ::1st Stage 3, Subaru Nova Desert Classic :3rd World Cup #3, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada :3rd NORBA NCS XC, Mt. Snow, Vermont :3rd Stage 2, Redlands Classic :4th Stage 4, Dodge Tour de Georgia

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20100225093131/http://www.victoria-cycling.com/MountDougHillClimb.html

External links

An interview with Roland Green after retirement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Roland 1974 births Living people Canadian male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists from British Columbia Olympic cyclists of Canada UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men) Canadian mountain bikers Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling