Anna Kiesenhofer named Austrian sportswoman of year

Olympic gold medalist Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria)
Olympic gold medalist Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Olympic gold medallist Anna Kiesenhofer has recently been named Austrian sportswoman of the year and Lower Austria's sportswoman of the year after her surprise solo victory in the road race at in Tokyo earlier this summer.

The 30-year-old also won the 'international success' category at Die Presse magazine's annual Austrian of the Year awards, intended to recognise Austrians excelling in their fields.

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Matilda Price is a freelance cycling journalist and digital producer based in the UK. She is a graduate of modern languages, and recently completed an MA in sports journalism, during which she wrote her dissertation on the lives of young cyclists. Matilda began covering cycling in 2016 whilst still at university, working mainly in the British domestic scene at first. Since then, she has covered everything from the Tour Series to the Tour de France. These days, Matilda focuses most of her attention on the women’s sport, writing for Cyclingnews and working on women’s cycling show The Bunnyhop. As well as the Women’s WorldTour, Matilda loves following cyclo-cross and is a recent convert to downhill mountain biking.