Bianca Woolford (born 20 July 1991)
Personal
Woolford was born 20 July 1991 in Whyalla, South Australia.
[ She has cerebral palsy, which was caused from a seizure due to asphyxiation at birth.][ Her parents are Tania and Michael.][ She lives in Port Lincoln, South Australia.][
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Sports career
At the age of eighteen, she attended an Australian Paralympic Committee Talent Search day in Adelaide, South Australia.[ Subsequently, she attended a training day the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) and offered a scholarship.][ Ben Cook was appointed her coach. Being located in Port Lincoln, she was required to travel to SASI once every two weeks for coaching.][ In 2013, at the National Para-Cycling Road Championships in Echuca, Victoria, she won a gold medal in the Women's Trial Trial.][
In 2014, at her first UCI Para-cycling Road World Championship in Greenville, South Carolina, she won silver medals in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1.]
At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Nottwil, Switzerland, she finished fourth in the Women's Time Trial T1 and Women's Road Race T1.
Recognition
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2014 - South Australian Institute of Sport Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year.
