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“We have a very good history of elite athletes at the
University, ex-Olympians and World Champions.
So, being in contact with them and meeting them,
that's something really exciting,” said Maeve.
Maeve is also part of the Adelaide University
Cycling Club where members range from people
who do road cycling and track to mountain bike
riders through to leisure cyclists. “We all just love
riding our bikes,” she said.
Apart from enjoying a long career in cycling and
making it into a few Olympic teams, Maeve also
aspires to leave the sport a little bit better than
when she came in.
“Cycling is a very male-dominated sport, so I’d
like to lay the pathway for young girls coming into
it. I hope to encourage them to take up the sport
and show them they don’t have to give up their
studies, and you can have dual careers, and not
to be deterred by the sorts of barriers they face.
That’s a huge goal of mine,” she said.
“I think that if you are successful
in your sport, then you will
probably be more successful in
your studies, because you learn
things like discipline and how to
just get the job done a lot better.”
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Maeve Plouffe
competed at
this year's Tokyo
Olympics in cycling.
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