Maeve Plouffe was born on 8 July 1999 and is an Australian professional racing cyclist for Hess Cycling Team.
13 Facts About Maeve Plouffe
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Maeve Plouffe was selected on the Australian women's track endurance squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Maeve Plouffe is the current Australian record holder for both the Team Pursuit and the 3000m Individual Pursuit, in which she was the third woman in history to break the 3:20 barrier.
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At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Plouffe won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit event alongside Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Georgia Baker, setting a games record time of 4:14.06.
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Maeve Plouffe was introduced to track cycling by a South Australian Sports Institute talent identification program from a background of swimming and surf life saving.
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Maeve Plouffe exhibited an early aptitude for the road time trial, winning the event as an U17 in her first year competing at the Australian Junior Road National Championships and again as an U19 in the Oceania Road Cycling Championships.
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Maeve Plouffe made her international debut in the 2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.
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Maeve Plouffe represented Australia again at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Hong Kong, before returning to Australia to win three elite Australian Championship titles in the individual pursuit, team pursuit and madison.
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Maeve Plouffe's performances gained her selection for the UCI Track World Championships in Berlin, where she rode in the women's team pursuit event and the women's individual pursuit event.
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Maeve Plouffe was the youngest member of the women's cycling team at her Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021 where she was a member of the team pursuit squad that finished fifth.
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At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Maeve Plouffe won the gold medal in the Team Pursuit and silver in the Individual Pursuit, setting Commonwealth Games records in the process.
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In 2024 Maeve Plouffe raced at her second Olympic Games in Paris.
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In 2020, Maeve Plouffe was studying a double degree in law and science, with double majors in marine biology and ecology at the University of Adelaide.