Annie Last

Annie Last deferred her place in medical school to join British Cycling’s Olympic Academy Programme in 2009 and has gone on to become Britain's best female cross country mountain biker in a decade. Winning her first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2012 in the cross country eliminator discipline, Last backed up her previous performances which included three top ten placings in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross country Olympic (XCO) and two a silver medals at the under-23 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships XCO.

In her first year as an under-23 rider, Last showed her potential, beating 2008 Olympic Champion Sabine Spitz in Stage One of the Tour de l’Ain and a couple of months later, at the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships XCO, produced a mature and sensational ride to claim fifth under-23 in her rookie year. Annie also represented GB in the 2010 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships, where she started from dead last to finish 11th overall in the Senior Women category.

In 2012, Last is focussing on qualifying a British woman for the Olympic Games for the first time since Sydney 2000.

2012

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross Country Eliminator, Gold, Women

2011

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Cross Country, Switzerland Silver, U23 Women

UEC Mountain Bike European Championships Cross Country, Slovakia Silver, U23 Women

Muttenz Swiss Cup Gold

2010

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Cross Country, Canada Silver, U23 Women

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross Country, Windham Silver, U23 Women

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross Country, Val di Sole Bronze, U23 Women

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Cross Country, Dalby Forest Bronze, U23 Women