SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ Ane

Date of Birth: 12 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.60/5'2''

Place of birth: ERRENTERIA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : ERRENTERIA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Women's Road Race	28

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	47

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race
2020	Imola, ITA	23
2019	Harrogate, GBR	26
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	53
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	51
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	30
2013	Florence, ITA	DNF
2012	Valkenburg, NED	54
2009	Mendrisio, SUI	DNF

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
7	2020	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Motta Montecorvino, ITA
8	2019	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Onyate, ESP
9	2019	Road Race	La Course by Le Tour	Pau, FRA
9	2018	Road Race	La Course by Le Tour	Le Grand-Bornand, FRA
9	2018	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Cividale del Friuli, ITA
11	2018	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Iurreta, ESP
11	2016	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Portugalete, ESP
12	2019	Women's Individual	Giro d'Italia Donne	Udine, ITA
12	2019	Women's Individual	The Women's Tour	Pembrey, GBR
12	2017	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Renteria, ESP

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Business Administration - National University of Distance Education [UNED], Madrid, ESP

Languages spoken:

Basque, English, Spanish

Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling [Italy] since 2019

Turned professional in 2009

Illness meant she missed the 2020 Valencian Community Tour [Vuelta CV Feminas] (Twitter profile, 08 Feb 2020)

An back injury affected her performances at the beginning of the 2019 season. (demarrajeweb.com, 31 Dec 2019)

She was involved in a traffic accident in March 2017 while cycling. As a consequence of the fall, she lost her memory, had sight problems and sustained a concussion. (diariovasco.com, 21 Apr 2017)

She had glandular fever in 2015. (marca.com, 06 Jun 2016; diariovasco.com, 09 Oct 2015)

She began cycling at age seven. (lavozdegalicia.es, 21 Jan 2020)

"My father was involved in cycling and took me to see the races, so he instilled the passion for the sport in me." (RFEC YouTube channel, 04 Nov 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (RFEC YouTube channel, 04 Nov 2019)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (RFEC YouTube channel, 04 Nov 2019)

Spanish cyclist Leire Olaberria. (demarrajeweb.com, 31 Dec 2019)

Philosophy:

"You can achieve the impossible by working hard." (lavozdegalicia.es, 21 Jan 2020; ceratizit-wnt-pro-cycling.com, 08 Feb 2019)

General Interest

Type of rider
Climber (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2016)

General
GENDER EQUALITY
She considered quitting the sport due to a lack of financial support ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games. However, she was selected for the Spanish team ahead of the Games and went on to place 47th in the road race in Rio de Janeiro. Since then she believes circumstances for female cyclists have improved in Spain. "Nowadays you can live as an athlete, but when I was young that was unthinkable of in Spain. In recent years, we have taken a huge step. We have seen that a number of women in Spain are professionals. Even if we are still behind the men, we enjoy quite reasonable conditions." (lavozdegalicia.es, 21 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied marketing at the Catholic University of Murcia [UCAM] in Spain. (Instagram profile, 24 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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