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American cyclist

Nicole Freedman
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Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 52)
Wellesley, Massachusetts
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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 MIT, and then Stanford University. 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 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia (and competed in the 119.7 km women's road race), and won the 64-mile (103 km) 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 Boston under Mayor Thomas Menino.

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.

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.

On September 12, 2016, Nicole was appointed to be Director of Transportation for the City of Newton, MA.

References

  1. ^ Kristy Scrymgeour (November 6, 2003). "An interview with Nicole Freedman; Israel, here I come!". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  2. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. ISBN 9780881259698. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. Seligman, Ruth A. (October 4, 2005). "Jewish Women's Calendar Celebrates Sports Stars". Women's eNews. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "Freedman, Nicole". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  5. "Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.org. March 25, 2001. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  6. Boston Bikes, City of Boston website
  7. "Nicole Freedman: Boston's new bike czar" Archived June 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, activeliving.com
  8. "Main Huts & Trails". Mainehuts.org. April 4, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  9. "Nicole Freedman Returns as Director of Boston Bikes" Archived January 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, City of Boston, Mayor's Office, January 3, 2013
  10. "Boston's top biking official leaving for Seattle - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
  11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. http://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/seattlebicycleadvisoryboard/minutes/sbabjuneminutesfinal15.pdf

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