Mackenzie Woodring
American cyclist
Mackenzie Woodring is an American cyclist who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Woodring was selected for the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships (Team USA) and 2016 Summer Paralympics (tandem paracycling, with stoker Shawn Cheshire).
Biography
Woodring's cycling career started with an introduction to recreational riding in 2004, then progressed quickly. Woodring was recruited to the Colavita/Sutter Home professional cycling team for the 2008 season after riding with Jamaican Olympian Iona Wynter Park and U.S. criterium champion Tina Pic during a warmup for the 2007 Tour de Leelanau.
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